This family cut their home’s energy use by more than 60% by electrifying their #HVAC and water heating systems and adding renewable energy. Explore the case study, our first mechanical-only #deepretrofit in the library & read the homeowner’s advice on what to ask your HVAC suppliers: buff.ly/LRRvwIq

This retrofit, led by a homeowner/green building expert, transformed a 1937 Charlottetown home into a high-performance, Passive House-inspired dwelling with exceptional indoor air quality and drastically reduced energy consumption. Read all about it: buff.ly/OnoQAMS

Join our mission to make #deepretrofits easier and affordable! If you’ve completed a retrofit or are working on one, contact us now to add your project to our library. Learn about the process here: buff.ly/9IV21ec

This one's a golden oldie - the Highlands project was one of the first energiesprong-inspired panelised residential retrofits in Canada. We FINALLY have a decent post-retrofit photo of the finished product. Check out the progression and then read the case study. buff.ly/qCVMzWW

🔧 Ever heard of a chainsaw retrofit? See how Peter Darlington (Solar Homes Inc.) used this method to make a home #netzeroready — in one slick animation: Full case Study: buff.ly/oOtAyQL

Thanks to Andy Cockburn + NAIMA Canada for the drawings!

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🧥 New "jacket" for a 1960s bungalow 🏠

This #deepretrofit cut energy use by over 69% by wrapping the home in a high-performance building envelope.

Now draft-free, more comfortable, and one heat pump away from #netzero.

Read the case study: 🔗 buff.ly/mBuA1jv

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@godostoyke.bsky.social used a modified Larsen truss to limit thermal bridging and hold 8" of compressed cellulose in this advanced envelope system. The innovation was essential to this #deepretrofit that made a 1971 bi-level home #netzero.

Read the case study: buff.ly/lHKqFBj