VerEco Home Saskatoon

I am hoping to tour the VerEco Home in Saskatoon this Saturday! 

Canada's First Net Zero Home Exhibit . . . Yay!

( Ronn you wouldn't be available for the grand tour / info session would you?  I also wonder if there are any planned expert speakers this day? )

For those of you not familiar the VerEco Home is an interactive exhibit that demonstrates the future of green home design, and the ecological and economical benefits of building and living smart. The Home will be on display outside the Saskatoon Western Development Museum starting October 27th, 2010. The exhibit, which includes guided educational tours, will run for 10 to 12 months.

50 Features

The VerEco Home has 50 affordable and green features that distinguish it as a net zero home. These features can be seen here.

Tours

Interested in learning more about green, economical building? 50-minute guided educational tours of the VerEco Home will be available daily. All tours will begin inside the museum.

Check out the website
http://www.verecohome.com/

Water Wells - Any Green things I SHOULD KNOW??

We are in the process of choosing a site for our "greener" home, but one of the first issues is water.
In this case we need to drill a well.  The output is not optimistic in our area and may be a barrier.

We are working with a trusted company for our area and seem to be cost effective.

I'm just wondering when drilling a new well are there any green consdierations I should be making with the well; but also water use / distribution systems have come sharply into focus because of our potential shortage of clean drinkable water?

It's funny to have to consider a shortage of water but river systems are limited, expensive to use, and need heavy treatments due to upstream industrial activies.

Aquifers are only in certain areas, and some seem to have water that leaves stains and emits odours.

The Start....

I would like to build a green home on the Alberta - Saskatchewan Border and I have NO idea where to start!

So I thought I would blog about this crazy idea from start to finish and hopefully along the way connect with like minded people and learn a whole lot from you (commenters and blog watchers) along the way!

Maybe together we can all make it a little bit easier and more successful to go green . . . or at least try!

Because right now where do you start?!