ALMOST THREE YEARS ago now, I began doing some communications work for a company based in Kitchener, Ontario, called REEP Green Solutions. Mostly I helped promote a century home that the organization had retrofitted with examples of sustainable technology and building techniques to show local homeowners how to upgrade old houses properly by investing wisely. Eventually I became involved in producing a report (mostly to appease the Ontario Power Authority), which REEP has always called "The Learning Document." Essentially it's the back story of how the project came together and what the team learned by going through the process of reconstructing an old home (well, two old homes, actually) and recasting it as a public education tool. At the end of 2012, I wrapped up this 45-page REEP House profile, which details the project's history, its design and contruction, and its preliminary impact in the community. The REEP House Learning Document will promote it and hopefully offer insights to other communities considering similar projects.
Hi Eric - cheers from Guelph. imho - the OPA paid for the doc, but Trillium suggested the idea, and myself, I always wanted to document the history and knowledge gained for the good of all, which I think we did. The word "appease" leaves me a little uncomfortable, but whatever… :) Thanks for re-posting this. Sometimes its hard to find on the REEP site.
I was using it last week, helping an organization called TTLW in Ingersoll who are trying to build a showroom of their own.
Anyways - cheers
Ben
Posted by: Ben Barclay | Feb 22, 2015 at 06:33 PM