{"id":16095,"date":"2023-04-26T22:10:19","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T05:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/markhams-first-net-zero-home\/"},"modified":"2023-04-26T22:10:20","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T05:10:20","slug":"markhams-first-net-zero-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/markhams-first-net-zero-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Markham\u2019s first net zero home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/files\/membership-default-internal\/\" class=\"memberhide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/01\/20220718_175041000_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"-\"><\/a><br\/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>April 26, 2023 \u2013 Minto Communities GTA unveiled its first production net-zero home in Markham last Friday. The home is a first for both the city of Markham and Minto.<\/p>\n<p>The home was designed to \u201cproduce as much energy as it consumes over a one-year period,\u201d states a news release. It is designed to reduce energy consumption by 60 per cent and carbon emissions by 36 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>Features of the home include triple pane windows, air tightness, a dual-fuel air source heat pump system, and multi-zoned HVAC, which qualify the home under the CHBA\u2019s Net Zero Home Labelling Program.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n\t  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n\t  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&appId=761779333850340&version=v2.0\";\n\t  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- News - Bottom -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8320848692\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadiancontractor.ca\/canadian-contractor\/minto-communities-unveil-markhams-first-net-zero-home\/1003292486\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=minto-communities-unveil-markhams-first-net-zero-home\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 26, 2023 \u2013 Minto Communities GTA unveiled its first production net-zero home in Markham last Friday. The home is &#8230; <a title=\"Markham\u2019s first net zero home\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/markhams-first-net-zero-home\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Markham\u2019s first net zero home\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1090],"tags":[1091],"class_list":["post-16095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canadian-contractor","tag-canada","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16095\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}