Henderson S
Year:
2001
Bibliographic info:
Canada, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, 2001, Research Highlights, Technical Series 01-103, 24 pp, www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca

The project is a survey of 12 'off-grid' households across Canada. The objective was to document off-grid energy use and lifestyle patterns to determine if there are lessons or examples of energy conservation that apply to conventional grid-connected houses. The houses operate on systems using renewable energy as the primary source of electricity. An airtightness test was performed on 10 houses (two houses were not viable for testing because of renovations).