Join the mid-construction tour of the Home of Tomorrow hosted by FortisBC
FortisBC is hosting a mid-construction tour of the Wilden Living Lab “Home of Tomorrow” and would like you to join.
When:
Wednesday, August 17th, 7:30-8:30 a.m. and 8:30-9:30 a.m.
(limited spots available; includes continental breakfast)
Where:
263 Upper Canyon Drive North
Please RSVP to electricrebates@fortisbc.com or
call Richard at 250-469-8099 (no later than August 15th)
Watch a mid-construction blower door test and get an inside look at the energy-efficiency products that are being installed. The tour will give you insight at what it takes to build an energy efficient home.
AGENDA
Tour #1
7:30-7:40 a.m Welcome and introduction to Wilden Living Lab
Melissa Manley, FortisBC
Dr. Shahria Alam, UBC Okanagan
Scott Tyerman, AuthenTech Homes
7:40-8:15 a.m Energy Star for New Homes rating – construction requirements, modelling and blower door test
Gilles LeSage, Total Home Solutions
8:15-8:30 a.m Q&A
Tour #2
8:30-8:40 a.m Welcome and introduction to Wilden Living Lab
Melissa Manley, FortisBC
Dr. Shahria Alam, UBC Okanagan
Scott Tyerman, AuthenTech Homes
8:40-9:15 a.m Energy Star for New Homes rating – construction requirements, modelling and blower door test
Gilles LeSage, Total Home Solutions
9:15-9:30 a.m Q&A
We look forward to seeing you there.
Richard Dubecki
Administrative Assistant
Conservation & Energy Management
250-469-8099
Hi:
Finally someone is taking the initiative to build the home of the future. One concern I do have is that there is no mention of off gassing due to the materials used in new homes. and I wonder given these concerns what is being done to ensure a healthy interior environment.
This question is not directly related to our research blogs. However, I believe that measurement of off gassing of materials forms part of indoor air quality studies which in itself is a very important and in-depth area of research. Detail studies of indoor health environment is beyond the research scope of the Wilden Living Lab project. There are plenty of interesting studies on the aforementioned area. Some of the recent research regarding indoor air quality of homes has been done by Akther et al., 2019, Wagdi et al., 2018 and Dodson et al., 2017. Thank you very much for this idea and we will consider this research area in our future research.