eMerge Guelph

Living in a Cold Climate - Preparing your Home for Winter Workshop
2014-10-23 19:00 UTC
This event has been postponed. Please check back for more details soon!

Preparing your Home for Guelph’s Winter
Hosted by eMERGE Guelph and Matt Vermeulen of Elora Environment Center
The cool air of Fall has nothing on the winter that is coming! Make sure your home is ready so that you and your family can live comfortably all winter long.
Date: 7 to 9 pm, Thursday, October 23rd, 2014
Location: Ignatius Jesuit Center, 5420 Hwy 6 North @ Guelph’s Outdoor Preschool – Right behind the Walmart plaza
Cost: $10
Registration: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/preparing-your-home-for-guelphs-winter-tickets-13447412573

Join eMERGE Guelph and Matt Vermeulen a Certified Energy Advisor and Director of the Elora Environment Center as we present to you a part lecture and part Do-It-Yourself Workshop. We will teach you the tips, trick and skills needed to prepare your home for winter to ensure comfortable living throughout the season. With energy costs rising, there is no time like the present to increase efficiency and begin making money from saving energy.
This workshop will give you the skills to empower you to

Determine if your home is well-insulated home
Employ inexpensive methods targeting and eliminating drafts from doors, windows, walls and fireplaces
Maintain a healthy furnace that will keep you warm all winter long
Remove the scary barrier between you and your attic – insulation, sealing and identification tools
Control the moisture in your home – prevent mold, correct ventilation, keeping the water out of your basement
Know what areas to target outside your home
And more!

A Certified Energy Advisor will be available to answer questions you may have – feel free to bring pictures!
A Take-Home Package including: the workshop summary, with recommendations
Coffee, Tea and Treats will be provided
Register online now! https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/preparing-your-home-for-guelphs-winter-tickets-13447412573

Support Crew Orientation
2014-10-14 18:30 - 20:30
eMERGE Guelph is recruiting for Support Crew members this October!
Date: Tuesday, October 14th
Time: 6:30pm-8:30pm
Location: 15 Cork Street East, Guelph. ON N1H2W7
Just bring a paper, pen, and an interest in learning about how to be a Support Crew member with the Home Visit Program!
Sign up here

Project Neutral Launch and BBQ
2014-10-01 11:30 - 13:00 | Contact Us
Are you ready Guelph?
eMERGE and Project Neutral are joining forces to bring Guelph residents the tool needed to make impactful change on their carbon footprint, and their energy bills. With the easy to use website platform you can
https://emergeguelph.ca/pathways/project-neutral-guelph/
CALCULATE
your homes carbon footprint,
COMPARE
with your neighbours
&
CREATE
your energy bills!
Come enjoy a free BBQ, learn about Project Neutral, listen to some special guest speakers, and mingle with some of great partners!
