A super-green demonstration home in an Ottawa suburb shows how builders can meet the new Ontario Building Code, and then some. The home has been fine-tuned by fourth-year engineering students at Carleton University, and will be used as a test site for insulated building panels by Kott Lumber that speed up construction and reduce energy consumption.
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