News
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Retrofit Canada in the News: Canadian Architect
Retrofit Canada co-founder and board member Peter Amerongen and his son, Max, submitted this story to Canadian Architect about the Sundance Housing Co-op energiesprong-inspired panelized deep retrofit, a project led by Butterwick, a green builder in Edmonton, Alberta. Max, an Edmonton writer and designer, wrote the story explaining what a panelized deep retrofit is and why Canada…
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Yes, the Hoffmans are really, very sure they don’t want a gas meter
When the gas company came to remove the Hoffmans’ gas meter, the technician was very confused, asking the couple, “Is this correct? Are you sure you want your meter removed?” The Hoffmans, whose house is getting the second panelized deep retrofit of a single-family home in Canada, were sure – the gas meter needed to go. And they’d been sure…
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Progress continues on first panelized deep retrofit in North America
Butterwick Projects has made huge progress on this retrofit, the first of its type in North America, since the panel fly-in earlier this summer. In case you missed it, here is a short video of the Butterwick crew working with a crane operator to install pre-built walls on the existing home. Even though we aren’t done, the…
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Retrofit Canada in the news: Edmonton Journal
From the outside in: a new way to renovate. That’s the title of this article penned by Laura Severs of the Edmonton Journal that tells the Sandercock-Harmsma family story about their journey to net-zero. Given that we often describe a panelized deep retrofit as being like a wrapping a building in a warm sweater, Retrofit…
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Retrofit Canada In the News – Sustainable Biz Canada
Sustainable Biz Canada interviewed Retrofit Canada’s Peter Amerongen and homeowner Jim Sandercock about the energiesprong-inspired deep retrofit of Jim’s home Butterwick Projects is leading, the first retrofit of its kind in North America. These are just a couple of the great quotes in the piece. “There are eight million single-family houses in Canada and they have…
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Edmonton single-family home first in North America to get panelized deep retrofit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Edmonton, Alberta (June 28, 2022) Edmonton-based construction company, Butterwick Projects Ltd., has started the first panelized deep retrofit of a single-family home in North America. Butterwick’s ground-breaking approach uses 3D digital imaging to pre-build wall panels that are then attached to the house’s exterior using a crane. “About a third of greenhouse gases…
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Top 5 reasons to do a deep retrofit
Is your home too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter? Do extreme temperatures put your furnace and air conditioner into overdrive? Is your home’s repairs and maintenance to-do list so long and daunting that you’ve “accidentally” lost it under the fridge? Is your asthma worse in the basement? Do you have…
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Retrofit Canada In the News – Alberta Enterprise Group
We don’t often get a chance to talk for OVER AN HOUR about deep retrofits, so when the Alberta Enterprise Group offered us that chance, we jumped on it. Peter Amerongen did the interview wearing all three of his ReNü Engineering, Butterwick Projects and Retrofit Canada hats. “Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are little like a water…
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What are the different types of deep retrofits?
A Deep Retrofit can make a building 70 per cent more efficient and reduce CO2 emissions up to 400 tonnes a year. Retrofit Canada is starting a deep retrofit movement to make existing homes net-zero. There are three different approaches to making your home energy efficient. And in our humble opinion net-zero ready has to be the goal. Net-zero…
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Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to put a sleeping bag over the whole building?
Energy efficiency and energy generation have been occupying Jim Sandercock’s mind for more than a decade. As chair of the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology’s Alternative Energy program, this is no surprise. But Jim’s interest is more than just academic. “From a climate perspective, my family and I really want to reduce our carbon footprint,”…