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What the heck is photogrammetry
If you want to do an energiesprong-type panelized deep energy retrofit to make your home energy efficient and net-zero ready, you need to get accurate measurements of the outside of the building. Photogrammetry – using pictures of a building to “model” its dimensions – is one way to do this. 3D Software Developer and friend…
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Nearly 100 attend Retrofit Canada’s first webinar
There’s no path to a stable climate without industrial scale deep energy retrofits to existing building.” With that opener, Peter Amerongen launched Retrofit Canada’s first webinar ever. The free workshop had almost 100 attendees from across Canada and the U.S., a remarkable number that shows just how much interest there is in the deep energy retrofit…
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What is a panelized Deep Retrofit?
What happens when you mix expertise in green building design and construction, drones, hard work and a commitment to addressing climate change? You get the makings for a Deep Retrofit that can make an existing building airtight, way more comfortable and net-zero. A panelized retrofit is one approach. It uses cutting-edge imaging technology to design…
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“I didn’t know it was possible to put a sweater around a building”: Canadian Society for Civil Engineering – hosts Retrofit Canada webinar, tour
In October 2021, Retrofit Canada’s Peter Amerongen presented information about Butterwick Project’s approach to Deep Energy Retrofits to the Edmonton Section of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering. Following the presentation, section members had the opportunity to tour the Sundance project. The presentation had some great questions about how realistic is it to scale up…
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43 years in the making: Sundance Housing Cooperative’s journey to net-zero
Sundance Housing Cooperative has been a leader in affordable housing, community living and environmental responsibility for more than 40 years. Now, Sundance is leading the largest panelised Deep Energy Retrofit ever undertaken in Canada. Inspired by a Dutch technique known as Energiesprong, this approach to a Deep Energy Retrofit uses cutting-edge imaging technology to design prefabricated panels.…
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Wanted: Opinionated Homeowners
About one-third of greenhouse gases come from the buildings we use right now. 70 percent will still be standing in 2050. We can’t address climate change just by building new net-zero homes. We need solutions that make the homes we live in right now net-zero to preserve a liveable climate. Deep Retrofits are the solution. We…
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Retrofit Canada in the News – CBC
CBC: Edmonton launches retrofit loan pilot in bid to reduce emissions “Peter Amerongen, a member of the city’s Energy Transition Climate Resilience Committee, welcomes the program as a good start to a burgeoning industry. Buildings are a big contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, Amerongen noted. Deep energy retrofits at industrialized scale are absolutely essential for…
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Retrofit Canada in the news – Edify Edmonton
Edify, Edmonton’s favourite lifestyle magazine did a nice spread on the Sundance Housing Co-op’s Deep Energy Retrofit of its 59 original units. The story references both Butterwick Project’s and Sundance’s committment to making the project open source so others can learn how to do panelized Deep Energy Retrofits. Quotables: “There’s an excitement and pride that our co-op is…
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SSRIA announces funding for three single-family-home Deep Energy Retrofits
Butterwick Projects and Climate Action Edmonton, two of Retrofit Canada’s partners, received funding from the Smart Sustainable Resilient Infrastructure Association (SSRIA) for three single-family-home Deep Energy Retrofits. The funding will allow the partners to test panelized Deep Energy Retrofits on single-family-homes and demonstrate how those solutions can be successfully implemented at a larger scale. It will also support…
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Retrofit Canada in the news – St. Albert Gazette
The St. Alberta Gazette’s Kevin Ma profiled the Sundance Housing Co-op Deep Energy Retrofit and our very own Peter Amergonen’s contributions to net-zero building and deep energy retrofits in the Edmonton Region. Besides talking up the benefits of an energiesprong approach to retrofits that uses pre-fabricated walls installed right on the outside of an existing…