Come meet West House’s first tenants and tour West House
Lyn Bartram, 778.782.7439, 604.908.9954 (cell), lyn@sfu.ca
Robert Woodbury, 778.782.7501, 604.418.3584 (cell), rw@sfu.ca
Carol Thorbes, PAMR, 778.782.3035, cthorbes@sfu.ca
Websites:
YouTube video of tenants at home:
http://i.sfu.ca/PcAkvu
Photos of West House, tenants and Bartram:
http://i.sfu.ca/uAIkRV
On Tuesday, March 8, Lyn Bartram and Robert Woodbury, Simon Fraser University professors at the School of Interactive Arts and Technology, will welcome Ura Jones and Mike Higgins to West House — the couple’s new home and a research lab.
West House is a first-of-its-kind sustainable living home. Formerly a star attraction at the City of Vancouver’s Yaletown “Live Site” during the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, it now occupies a corner lot on Stainsbury Avenue in East Vancouver.
The media and dignitaries are invited to come meet West House’s first tenants and research subjects at a house warming thrown by Bartram and Woodbury:
When: Tuesday, March 8, 11:30 a.m. Welcoming remarks
11:45 to 1 p.m. House Tours
Where: Stainsbury Avenue, Vancouver
Who: Andrew Petter, SFU President
Lyn Bartram, SFU Professor
Gregor Robertson, Vancouver Mayor
Lisa Coltart, Executive Director Power Smart and Customer Care, B.C. Hydro
Ura Jones and Mike Higgins, tenants
West House will produce more energy than it consumes, using insulation, a heat recovery ventilation system and two types of solar energy. The garage features an electric car-charging outlet. The home’s interactive adaptive living interface system (ALIS), designed by Bartram and Woodbury, enables the tenants to track and adjust their energy consumption via web-based portable tools such as the iPhone™.
BC Hydro, Terasen Gas (now Fortis B.C.), Day4 Energy, Schneider Electric, VerTech Solutions, Embedded Automation and Pulse Energy have helped SFU and the city pack West House with clean-energy, green-building and smart home-control technologies.
Built by Smallworks Studios in 2009, West House is the City of Vancouver’s first completed laneway house.
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Nice introduction video- are there any links or sites for technical data regarding this project that could be useful for homeowner decisions in practical energy choices in this climate?
BTW, background music volume in video makes it quite difficult to hear words spoken.