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Unveiling of solar powered ENERGY STAR® qualified home in Tillsonburg - Environmental Communication Options/Huff Strategy

Unveiling of solar powered ENERGY STAR® qualified home in Tillsonburg

Aug 10th, 2007 3:31 AM

Media Advisory - Attention News/Assignment/Homes Editors and Reporters TILLSONBURG: Gentrac Building Corporation to also announce all new homes built to ENERGY STAR qualification with solar power and R-2000 upgrade options (Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada) Gentrac Building Corporation will unveil Wood Haven Subdivision's first ENERGY STAR qualified home on Friday, August 17th at 2:00 PM. In addition to being energy efficient, the home is equipped with a solar generation and emergency back-up power system. At the event, Gentrac will also announce that all of their new homes will be ENERGY STAR qualified with solar and R-2000 upgrade options. WHAT: Unveiling of Tillsonburg's first solar powered ENERGY STAR qualified home and announcement that all new homes will be built to ENERGY STAR qualification with solar power and R2000 upgrade options WHEN: Friday, August 17, 2007, 2:00 PM WHERE: Wood Haven Subdivision, 4 Wood Haven Drive, Tillsonburg, Ontario See map attached… from the 401, take Hwy # 19 South into Tillsonburg. Hwy # 19 becomes Broadway, at Baldwin Street turn right (west) toward Quarter Town Line. Wood Haven Subdivision is on the left hand (south) side of Baldwin Street. WHO: * MP Dave MacKenzie (Oxford) * MPP Ernie Hardeman (Oxford) * Mayor Stephen Molnar, Tillsonburg * Michelle Cote, EnerQuality Corporation * John G. Gilvesy, P.Eng., President, Gentrac Media Contact: Jonathan Laderoute (e|c|o media relations), 416-972-7401, laderoutej@huffstrategy.com ENERGY STAR® for New Homes is a label given to homes that meet balanced, whole-house energy-efficiency standards, guaranteeing their owners significant energy savings. New homes that receive the ENERGY STAR label are approximately 30 percent more energy-efficient than those built to the minimum Ontario building code standards. The ENERGY STAR mark, used with permission, is administered and promoted in Canada by Natural Resources Canada.