The course text, "Designing and Landscaping the Family Home" is available at the presentation for additional charge but it is recommended to to purchase and read the book beforehand.

Who would be interested in this course?
The focus of this course is on people who are planning to build a new home on the farm or acreage but who are interested in saving money on construction costs and heating costs once the house is built. A properly built house can reduce natural gas costs by up to 80%.
This course will also show people with existing homes how to save up to 40% on natural gas costs.

This course has been taught at the University of Alberta extension department for eight years, and is based on an actual 5500 square foot building ((Mr. V's) that cost less than $35 per square foot to build finished on three floors with three bathrooms, and uses less than $300 of natural gas per year (80% saving). The featured home, located 150 km north of Edmonton actually uses approximately 50% of the natural gas than smaller homes located over 2500 km south around San Francisco, California and we have the natural gas bills from the different locations to prove it.

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