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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Good day all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I thought perhaps this group would be interested in the presentation I did this week for the National Housing Research Committee’s Sustainable Housing Working Group on Tuesday, “On The Edge: Sustainable Housing in Canada”. Thanks to my ideas for pushing the housing industry forward, my wife Kathryn has now decided I have to give her an <b><u>action plan</u></b> and a <b><u>roadmap</u></b><u> </u>for getting our house finished!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>EnerQuality is organizing a tour of our house in McDonalds Corners in June (hence Kathryn’s need for a “roadmap” to 2014). It’s certified LEED Gold / R-2000 / GreenHouse / ENERGY STAR / EnerGuide 90 and is part of the 1000 Home Challenge. If you would like to be on the mailing list of interested participants for this green building tour, please drop me a line and I will sign you up for our newsletter.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am posting this presentation on my website at <a href="http://www.homesolbuildingsolutions.com">www.homesolbuildingsolutions.com</a> , please look down the left side and you’ll see where you can click to download it. On the advice of one of the attendees, I have redacted the name I invoked of our Great Leader at one point in my talk, apparently that is a no-no in government communications circles <span style='font-family:Wingdings'>J</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The direct link to download the presentation file is <a href="http://draftexample.squarespace.com/storage/SHWG%20Nov.%205%202013%20Ross%20Elliott%20POST%20FINAL%20w%20transcript.pdf">http://draftexample.squarespace.com/storage/SHWG%20Nov.%205%202013%20Ross%20Elliott%20POST%20FINAL%20w%20transcript.pdf</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please feel free to pass this along to anyone else you know who may be interested!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1B366E'>Ross Elliott </span></i><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1B366E'>LEED-AP, CPHC <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1B366E'>President<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=182 height=55 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CEDC86.8447CEF0" alt="homesol_logo_sig"></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1B366E'>83 Little Bridge Street, Suite 109</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1B366E'>Box 1133, Almonte, ON K0A 1A0</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1B366E'>(613) 278-0467 / (613) 256-0427</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1B366E'>Fax (613) 256-2223</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1B366E'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><a href="http://www.homesol.ca/"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>www.homesol.ca</span></a><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1B366E'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1B366E'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1B366E'><img border=0 width=84 height=84 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CEDC86.8447CEF0" alt="Description: Capture"> <img border=0 width=74 height=84 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CEDC86.8447CEF0" alt="LEEDAP_BDCcmyk"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>