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Coinciding with the
opening in Vancouver
of Solwest 80, the Solar
Energy Society of
Canada’s National
annual conference,
Energy Minister Bob
McClelland recently
announced several new
solar demonstration
projects worth more
than $200,000.

The most significant
concerned six demonstration
“low energy” houses. This
project, which is being
carried out with = the
cooperation of the B.C.
Division of HUDAC, will
show the consumer what
they should be looking for in
energy efficient new home
design. The houses will be
constructed in Prince
George, Greater Vancouver
and the Capital District.
Selection of designers is
currently taking place.

:] B.C. looking at
solar housing

Working with the Feds

“Although our
concern for many years to
come will be with the
existing housing stock, we

main

must make _ absolutely
certain that we stop adding
to the problem by building
new inefficient homes,” said
McClelland.

Another project will focus
on the commercial sector of
energy demand by looking at
the possibilities for utilizing
passive solar and energy
conserving design in low rise
buildings.

“We are not looking at
downtown high rises with
large mechanical systems,”
said McClelland, “but the
kind of small buildings that
can be found in nearly every
town in B.C.”

Passive solar refers to the
increased use of south facing
windows with a balanced
increase in the internal mass
of the building for heat
storage. The project will be

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