Net Zero Victoria House renovation:

“By switching away from an old fossil fuel heating system and by putting great effort into whole home energy efficiency upgrades, the Fernwood Net Zero retrofit project contributes to meeting our ambitious climate targets. The project has gone above and beyond and has redefined what the “home of the future” looks like. We hope it will inspire others in the community to take action and make their homes more climate-friendly.” – John Ho, Community Energy Specialist, City of Victoria

We aren’t engineers, architects or builders – just well-intentioned generalists. We developed a website www.netzerovictoria.com to chronicle the journey to net zero to help others use what we have learned and build upon it with their own homes. Now that the house is complete, our aim is to network with municipal agencies, environmental interest groups and other influencers on Vancouver Island and across BC to hasten the pace of adoption of deep energy retrofits as an affordable alternative to demolition. We are working with allies to have them tell the story of the house. Two examples are:

Viridian Solar Coop  

https://viridianenergy.ca/blog/solar-stories-fernwood-reno

https://partandwhole.com/blogs/journal/total-in-use-fernwood-reno 

https://partandwhole.com/blogs/journal/total-in-use-fernwood-reno