Eco Event: Earth Day at the Biosphere - Green light for eco technologies and eco housing (April 19 & 20)

To celebrate Earth Day, Environment Canada's Biosphère invites consumers to two lectures, delivered by guest speakers well-known in the environmental field, and a guided tour featuring green technologies, designed to inform them about eco-friendly solutions in housing and help them make more ecologically-sound choices.

Environmental Renovation for All

Emmanuel Cosgrove, Director of Écohabitation.com
April 19 and 20, 3:00 p.m.

Emmanuel Cosgrove has been active in the environmental construction and renovation field as a builder, consultant and speaker for more than a decade. He is also Director of Écohabitation.com, an eco-housing resource which offers easy solutions within everyone's reach to build and maintain a home in an environmentally-respectful way. He is also the builder of the first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environment Design) certified house in Quebec . Drawing from his vast experience, he will talk about the ecological footprint left by our homes and practical, easy ways of reducing their environmental impact, like insulation and eco-intelligent planning to lower energy consumption.

Buckminster Fuller and the Future of Ecotechnologies

Peter Kettenbeil, Environmental Technologies Expert
April 19 and 20, 1:30 p.m.

Peter Kettenbeil has worked for over 30 years in the green design and eco-technology field. Since 2005, he has served as Vice-Chair of the technology transfer committee of the Solar Buildings Research Network. Inspired by visionary architect Richard Buckminster Fuller, designer of the Biosphère, Peter Kettenbeil has always been involved in implementing renewable and environmentally-friendly technologies through innovative projects and demonstrations and the application of green design. His lecture will focus on the most recent and effective eco-technologies on the planet and how to optimize their performance. He will also outline model projects of the International Energy Agency which use and incorporate new heating, air conditioning and waste-water treatment technologies.

Green Light for Ecotechnologies

April 19 and 20, 12:30 p.m.

Take this guided tour for a glimpse of the Biosphère's green technologies! Discover its two wind turbines, constructed waste water treatment wetlands and geothermal heating and air-conditioning system.

For more information: www.biosphere.ec.gc.ca

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