FeaturesResearch HighlightTesting Different Approaches to Energy Reduction in Five 1 1/2 Storey Post-War Houses
The Now House® Project Inc. team, which first retrofit a 1.5 storey post-war house as part of the EQuilibrium™ Sustainable Housing Demonstration Initiative, is continuing its work by retrofitting additional houses. This research highlights the work done to evaluate five different retrofit strategies on houses of a similar type and vintage in Windsor, Ontario. The five houses were monitored for 12 months following their completion with post-retrofit electricity, gas and water savings reaching a high of 42 per cent, 60 per cent and 63 per cent respectively. The Now House® Windsor 5 project demonstrates the benefit of retrofitting older homes. About Your HouseAccessible Housing by Design — Living Spaces
This About Your House fact sheet provides an overview of planning and design guidelines to consider when creating, renovating or redecorating the living spaces in your home where people meet, sleep, relax, watch TV, read, play cards, listen to music, and so on. These guidelines reflect the principles of universal design, which result in homes that are safer and more accommodating to everyone who lives or visits there, regardless of age or physical ability. CMHC at LargeHousing for Newcomers
As Canada's national housing agency, one of our goals is to provide the necessary information and tools to help make better informed housing decisions. Many of our tools, products and resources are available in a number of languages through our Housing for Newcomers micro site. Housing Market Outlook (1st quarter)
Download CMHC's Housing Market Outlook — Canada for a national and local perspective on housing starts, sales, prices, forecasts and key economic indicators. For major centres, a two-year forecast of housing starts, sales, prices, vacancy rates and rents is also provided. Research Highlights — RSS Feeds
Keep up to date by subscribing to our RSS feeds. RSS feeds allow you to access the content that you want, the way you want. What is RSS? Affordability and Choice Today (ACT)
A Compendium of ACT Solutions to Improve Housing Affordability and Choice contains a cross-section of project summaries of the most innovative ACT-funded solutions. It outlines the issues addressed, the changes implemented and the results. It is not intended to be an exhaustive review of all ACT-funded solutions. The objective, rather, is to highlight those projects which have the greatest potential to be widely replicated. Events and Items of Interest2012 National Canadian Home Builders' Association (CHBA) Conference
March 16 to 18, 2012
Mont Tremblant, Quebec Passive Solar, Low Energy and Net Zero Housing in New Brunswick
March 29, 2012
Sussex, New Brunswick
The conference will focus on the techniques and technologies used in some of New Brunswick's most energy efficient new homes. Canadian Housing Renewal Association's 44th National Congress on Housing and Homelessness
May 1 to 4, 2012
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) 75th Annual Conference and Trade Show
June 1 to 4, 2012
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Find out what is new and upcoming with CMHC, visit our Events Calendar. To find out what is going on in the industry, see the list of other Housing-Related Events and Conferences. | 
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