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Wind, Water, and Sun: Alternative solutions for heating, cooling, and powering your home.

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Wind, Water, and Sun: Alternative solutions for heating, cooling, and powering your home.

Time: June 17, 2011 at 7pm to June 18, 2011 at 4:30pm
Location: Foxglove Farm
Street: 1200 Mt Maxwell Road
City/Town: Salt Spring Island
Website or Map: http://www.foxglovefarmbc.ca/
Phone: 1 (250) 931-5336
Event Neighbourhood and Type: workshop
Organized By: Foxglove Farm
Latest Activity: May 24, 2011

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Friday evening, June 17th, 7:00pm – 9:30pm
Saturday, June 18th, 2011, 8:30am – 4:30pm
instructor: Steve Abbott
cost: $120 + HST (lunch included)

This workshop covers home energy needs on both a theoretical and practical hands-on basis. The course begins with an evening overview adressing typical household energy needs and conservation strategies, including a review of renewable energy technologies for meeting those needs. This will be followed by an in-depth exposure to passive solar principles for heating and cooling and active solar collection for domestic hot water, two of the highest areas of consumption in a typical home. Our final session will include a show and tell of passive solar improvements to an existing home, a solar cooker and other appropriate technology devices. We will finish the course with a hands-on session manufacturing an efficient solar thermal collector and incorporating it into a domestic hot water system.

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