{"id":29190,"date":"2025-02-23T01:51:36","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T09:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/canadian-contractor-net-zero-forum-powering-the-net-zero-home\/"},"modified":"2025-02-23T01:51:36","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T09:51:36","slug":"canadian-contractor-net-zero-forum-powering-the-net-zero-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/canadian-contractor-net-zero-forum-powering-the-net-zero-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Contractor Net Zero Forum: Powering The Net Zero Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canadiancontractor.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/net-zero-power.jpg\" alt=\"-\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Net Zero Forum - Powering the Net Zero Home\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Povaa9S8SJQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A side effect of Net Zero building is increased demands on the home\u2019s electrical system. The big change is heat pumps instead of fuel-burning furnaces. But the carbon-conscious homeowner may want an EV car charger as well. Then there\u2019s the ultimate end-goal of the Net Zero initiative: integrating a power supply that can take the house entirely off the grid. John Watson and Rebecca Ross of Bluewater Energy do these projects for a living and are here to explain solar panel installation; codes and regulations needed for upgraded home electrical grids; home power storage; wiring and distribution upgrades and more.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<!-- end of .navigation -->\t<\/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 \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadiancontractor.ca\/features\/canadian-contractor-net-zero-forum-powering-the-net-zero-home\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] A side effect of Net Zero building is increased demands on the home\u2019s electrical system. The big change is &#8230; <a title=\"Canadian Contractor Net Zero Forum: Powering The Net Zero Home\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/canadian-contractor-net-zero-forum-powering-the-net-zero-home\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Canadian Contractor Net Zero Forum: Powering The 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-29190","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\/29190","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=29190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29190\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}