Edmonton Sponsors!
Site 1 Keswick NZE Home
This large new home overlooking the river is fully NZE.
|
Set up as a show home it had just been sold prior to the tour.
|
Interesting multi-level home with openings to the upper levels.
|
The home has three stories plus a full basement.
|
An elevator goes to all levels including the garage.
|
Site 2 Langdale NZE Home
A NZE home in a SW subdivision.
|
The homeowners welcomed us to see the inside of the home.
|
Here we see the air source heat pump heating unit, water heater, and drain water heat recovery coil.
|
The homeowners are working on developing their garden for maximum food production.
|
This home shows that NZE can be done on a typical new home.
|
Site 3 Strathcona Geothermal Building
This building has a large 248 kW solar array including these vertical modules on the south facing wall.
|
They had stations where people explained the features of the building. Here is a demo unit on geothermal.
|
The geothermal boreholes are in the parking lot. These signs identify their locations.
|
There are 15 geothermal ground source heat pumps in this building. Here we can see a compressor and a heat exchanger.
|
The geothermal specialists were on hand to explain the system.
|
Site 4 Brookside NNZ Retrofit Homs
This home underwent a deep energy retrofit where the home was wrapped with new insulated panels.
|
A feature of this home is the extensive garden in the front.
|
The homeowners and technical specialists were on hand to describe the home.
|
Here a specialist describes the air source heat pump.
|
The food forest garden in front of the home.
|
Site 5 Queen Alex NZR Retrofit
This home underwent a deep energy retrofit where the home was wrapped with new insulated panels.
|
The homeowners have rabbits in the front yard to keep the grass short.
|
One of the "lawn mowers."
|
Two air source heat pumps. One for the main level, and one for the basement suite.
|
This home is net-zero ready. When solar is added later they will be able to get to NZE.
|
Site 6 Sundance Retrofit Townhomes
Sundance was the first to try the panelized deep energy retrofit.
|
Each unit was electrified with air source heat pumps and water heat.
|
Peter explains how the homes were renovated.
|
Solar was added to all the townhomes (inverters shown here) however there is not quite enough roof space to get to NZE.
|
They are just finishing the last of the 59 townhomes in this multi-year project.
|
Site 7 Highlands NZE Retrofit Home
The first single-family home with the panelized retrofit.
|
They added a lovely front porch as part of their retrofit.
|
An air source heat pump was added for heating and cooling.
|
Jim shows some of the details in the mechanical room.
|
A lovely retrofit of an older home to bring it to NZE.
|
Site 8 Beverly Height NZE Home
Over the past 18 years these homeowners have been working on their home and have achieved NZE.
|
A large solar array on the garage helps get the home to net-zero.
|
 The homeowner explains the mechanical systems. |
A radon removal system was installed.
|
A good example of an update to an older home.
|
Site 9 Sturgeon County Retrofit
These homeowners rebuilt their home on the foundations of their old home.
|
The home is on an acreage west of Edmonton with lots of space for developing a garden.
|
The new home is a much more open concept than their previous home.
|
They added an air source heat pump that connects to hydronic heating.
|
They are working on the finishing of the home and hope to be done soon.
|
Site 10 St Albert NZE Retrofit Home
This home features geothermal heating and a new type of window.
|
A technical specialist in the garage with a working model of a geothermal system.
|
One of the features was 6-layer windows with an amazing R-value of 17.
|
The geothermal ground source heat pump in the mechanical room.
|
An example of a larger home that was upgraded to net-zero.
|
Site 11 Prince Charles Retrofit Home
This home added significant insulation to the exterior of the home.
|
The homeowner explains their journey and shows some pictures.
|
An extension was added to the back of the home.
|
They added a radon removal system.
|
As part of the renovation they re-shaped the roof line to increase the second floor space.
|
Site 12 Blatchford Energy Centre
This geothermal facility provides warm water in a district heating system to the homes in the Blatchford community.
|
Here is one of the heat pumps. These upgrade the temperature of water that is circulated to the homes.
|
The City of Edmonton was on hand to explain their Change for Climate initiatives.
|
There are 570 boreholes under this storm pond that provide the source for the heat pumps.
|
This is the first energy centre, a second energy centre will be developed as the community expands.
|
Site 13 Blatchford NZE Home (1)
One of the first set of NZE townhomes developed in the Blatchford commmunity.
|
These homes connect to the district heating system. Here is the connection inside the home.
|
Volunteers were on hand to describe the home.
|
A view of the back of the townhomes.
|
The corner units also have garage suites above the detached garages.
|
Site 14 Blatchford NZE Home (2)
This builder has developed NZE townhomes in the Blatchford commmunity.
|
This show home was open during the tour.
|
A bright, open space home.
|
Some of the details of the show home.
|
A view of the back of the homes.
|
Site 15 Not Available |
Site 16 Thorncliffe Straw Bale Addition
This older home featured an addition built with straw bale insulation.
|
The homeowners and builders were on hand to describe the home.
|
You can see the thicker walls in this addition.
|
They had an air source heat pump hot water system that provided some heating to a portion of the home.
|
They also had a solar array on the garage.
|
|
Want to see more?Here are the links to the 2024 Calgary tour pictures.You can also see our 2021 virtual tour videos on the Videos and Definitions page. |