One of Canada's Greenest Homes gets an ecobee Smart Thermostat

Ottawa, ON, Dec. 17, 2008 – Inspiration – the Minto ecohome, located in the Ottawa village of Manotick, is one of Canada’s first single-family homes to be both be a candidate for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Platinum certification and to be part of Canada Mortgage and Housing’s EQuilibrium initiative.
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Peer pressure makes people conserve: psychologist

Want your neighbours to start conserving energy? Conserve it yourself and then let them know you’re doing it. A study by a psychologist at Arizona State University says that, while people say that what their neighbours do does not affect their behaviour, it actually does.

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