The Leader-Post from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada • 52

4 Hudar The Leader-Post Regina, Saskatchewan Tuesday, October 18, 1977 Energy-saving house to open soon An experimental energy-saving house which will be one of the first houses in Canada to be totally solar-heated, is nearing comple. tion in northwest Regina. The house, known as The Saskatchewan Conservation House, is being built by the government of Saskatchewan to test practical It is slated to solutions to the problem of high in mid-November. energy consumption and high in It will The house is heating costs housing. test both structural Acres at 211 Rink heat-saving techniques suitable for standard It is a two-storey dwellings and a solar heating sys- structure with a tem appropriate for the Sas- of 1,250 square katchewan climate.

area, including open to the public laundry and storage space, is 2,000 square feet. located The most innovative feature of in Walsh Ave. the house is its high heat-keeping capacity. It is estimated that heat no-basement loss will be 85 to 90 per cent less total living area than in a conventional house. This feet.

Total floor means the house will require basement-type fewer than 18.5 million BTU's of Saskatchewan Conservation House YOUR INVITATION To visit Viking Lumber Display at this year's Home Expo '77 Show, Agribition Building, Oct. 20th to 23rd. Roof Truss Systems by Gangnail Truss Weiser Lock Systems for Home and Commercial Appliances Insulation Materials for all Applications Complete Information and Engineering Services for Preserved Wood Foundations Complete Home Design Services by competent Engineering Consultants Inquire About Weather Shield Triple Insulated Windows and Lee Haven Door Systems Primed Exterior Finish Maintenance free clad frames WEATHER Double or Triple Insulated Glass Wide Selection of Styles and Sizes SHIELD MEG. INC Insulated Steel Door systems MEDFORU WIS VIKING LUMBER LTD. 1440 Fleury Regina, Sask.

54N 5B1 Call Us: 569-0682 COS heat annually about 15 per cent of usual requirements. The reduction in heat loss has been achieved by incorporating a number of heat-saving features. These include super-insulation of the exterior framework, provision of insulated night shutters for. windows and use of recycling units to recapture heat. The house will be heated by a solar heating system, which converts radiant energy from the sun into heat.

The system, one of the most sophisticated installed to date, will use eight four-foot by eightfoot modules of vacuum tube collectors to absorb heat from the sun. Heat trapped by the collectors will be stored in a storage tank. The mechanical solar system is complemented by a southern which acts as a passive collector of solar heat. The solar heating system is designed to supply 100 per cent of total space and water heating requirements. An off-peak, back-up electrical service will also be available.

The Saskatchewan Research Council is responsbile for design and supervision of the project. Financing and development is being undertaken by the Saskatchewan department of mineral resources and the Saskatchewan Housing Corporation. One of Hudar's builder members, Key West Homes is the general contractor. vet.