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What to expect at OHEDE 2018
1. Orientation: pick up your booklet to begin the journey
2. Do it Yourself Space: fixes you can make
3. Exhibits: selected to provide a range of information and solutions
4. Workshops: Home Energy and Living Lightly Themes - see below for the complete list
6. Networking Space: neighbours are invited to converse with experts and others who’ve done energy efficiency projects, while enjoying a FREE coffee and snack.
2. Do it Yourself Space: fixes you can make
3. Exhibits: selected to provide a range of information and solutions
4. Workshops: Home Energy and Living Lightly Themes - see below for the complete list
6. Networking Space: neighbours are invited to converse with experts and others who’ve done energy efficiency projects, while enjoying a FREE coffee and snack.
Power Up! Breakfast - The Carbon Challenge
10 am/Craft Room
How well do you know your home? Test your knowledge in a contest on opportunities to save money and reduce your use of fossil fuels.
How well do you know your home? Test your knowledge in a contest on opportunities to save money and reduce your use of fossil fuels.
Home Energy Workshops - Craft Room
Slicing up the Home Energy Pie
11 am/Craft Room
Have you ever wondered where the energy goes in your home? This session will breakdown energy use in a typical Glebe single and semi-detached home. We discuss strategies for improving home energy use.
11 am/Craft Room
Have you ever wondered where the energy goes in your home? This session will breakdown energy use in a typical Glebe single and semi-detached home. We discuss strategies for improving home energy use.
I Want to Renovate! What do I do now?
12 pm/Craft room
Taking on a major renovation can be a daunting task. This session will help homeowners consider what planning steps are essential as they begin the process of improving their home.
12 pm/Craft room
Taking on a major renovation can be a daunting task. This session will help homeowners consider what planning steps are essential as they begin the process of improving their home.
The Low Hanging Fruit in Home Energy Upgrades
1 pm/Craft Room
You're not ready to jump into a major renovation project, but you are interested in making changes that will improve your home's comfort and your wallet. This session will cover quick cost effective renovations, air sealing, hot water usage, and tips and tricks to save energy with daily habits.
1 pm/Craft Room
You're not ready to jump into a major renovation project, but you are interested in making changes that will improve your home's comfort and your wallet. This session will cover quick cost effective renovations, air sealing, hot water usage, and tips and tricks to save energy with daily habits.
Sealing the Building Envelope
2 pm/Craft room
The building envelope in most old homes (1900-1990's) has room for improvement. Knowing what to do and how to proceed can be challenging, and the conversations can be confusing. This session will talk about a few methods that are tried and tested, and that you can put in place now.
2 pm/Craft room
The building envelope in most old homes (1900-1990's) has room for improvement. Knowing what to do and how to proceed can be challenging, and the conversations can be confusing. This session will talk about a few methods that are tried and tested, and that you can put in place now.
Heating and Cooling Your Old Home
3 pm/Craft Room
Deciding on the best system for your home can be challenging, especially when the decision to replace the heating system in your home often comes when you need heat the most! This session will discuss the importance of understanding the heating and cooling loads specific to your home, systems available to meet those loads (furnaces, combination systems, and heat pumps) and some of the economic considerations at the time of purchase and for ongoing operation.
3 pm/Craft Room
Deciding on the best system for your home can be challenging, especially when the decision to replace the heating system in your home often comes when you need heat the most! This session will discuss the importance of understanding the heating and cooling loads specific to your home, systems available to meet those loads (furnaces, combination systems, and heat pumps) and some of the economic considerations at the time of purchase and for ongoing operation.
Living Lightly Workshops - Café
The Top Ten Tips for Living Lightly
11 am/Café
This interactive workshop offered by Ottawa’s EnviroCentre focuses on strategies that help people discover ways they can lighten their carbon foot print in meaningful ways and be successful in doing so!
11 am/Café
This interactive workshop offered by Ottawa’s EnviroCentre focuses on strategies that help people discover ways they can lighten their carbon foot print in meaningful ways and be successful in doing so!
Getting from point A to point B
12 pm/Café
Transportation is a daily challenge. Ottawa is a big city, and we all need to travel. This panel discussion will focus on options that are available to residents, and how they can make them work for their specific situations.
12 pm/Café
Transportation is a daily challenge. Ottawa is a big city, and we all need to travel. This panel discussion will focus on options that are available to residents, and how they can make them work for their specific situations.
Money-saving Energy-saving Life Hacks
1 pm/Café
Judith Cane, Canada’s Money Coach, talks about her personal campaign to reduce energy use at home. Come and hear her tips and tricks that could save you thousands of dollars per year.
1 pm/Café
Judith Cane, Canada’s Money Coach, talks about her personal campaign to reduce energy use at home. Come and hear her tips and tricks that could save you thousands of dollars per year.
Food for Thought
2 pm/Café
What we eat can have a significant impact on our carbon footprint and on the planet. Join this panel in exploring low carbon culinary options available in Ottawa, and garner practical advice for easy cooking and baking with whole grains, veggies, beans and other earth-friendly and sustainable foods. And learn how to eat out and buy groceries while making a light carbon footprint. Rebecca Marchand-Smith (Registered Kinesiologist) and Valérie Leloup (NU Grocery) will lead a discussion.
2 pm/Café
What we eat can have a significant impact on our carbon footprint and on the planet. Join this panel in exploring low carbon culinary options available in Ottawa, and garner practical advice for easy cooking and baking with whole grains, veggies, beans and other earth-friendly and sustainable foods. And learn how to eat out and buy groceries while making a light carbon footprint. Rebecca Marchand-Smith (Registered Kinesiologist) and Valérie Leloup (NU Grocery) will lead a discussion.
Harness the Sun
3 pm/Café
Learn about the latest innovations in PV technology and understand how you can generate and use your own clean energy to power your home and Ottawa's grid.
3 pm/Café
Learn about the latest innovations in PV technology and understand how you can generate and use your own clean energy to power your home and Ottawa's grid.