Fort St. John, British Columbia

Fort St. John, British Columbia n Design and manufacture of water turbines n Water-to-wire packages from 1kW up to 10,000kW n Turgo, Pelton, Francis turbines n Power house equipment complete with switchgear and controls n Grid connected plants as well as isolated sites n Repair and replacement of hydro turbine components 17930 Roan Place n Surrey, BC V3S 5K1 T: (604) 576-3175 n F: (604) 576-3183 www.dtlhydro.com n sales@dtlhydro.com “And it was not too expensive to build - the cost of building the house was about three or four percent more than the cost of an average house. Once it was constructed, we installed two care- takers who lived in the house for just over a year and half, and we asked them to live normally. So, the dryer was used; the washing machine was used; they had company, they had dinner parties; the city actually hosted events in it.We also had tourists and took the community through it.Those tenants just moved out, last month, and we’re go- ing to use the upper floor for some offices, and continue to do the com- munity tours and the public education.” Rogers insists that the City’s Passive House is not simply a one-off phenomenon.“Nowwe have that knowledge and expertise, and as we have to replace our buildings, that will be our new stan- dard,” she declares. “And because we have been working on educating the community–we have a number of First Nations communities in our region– two of them are going to be building passive houses. One of them is building some low-income housing to passive house standards; the other is building their community health unit. They have the funding, the contractor, the AT A GLANCE Fort St. John, British Columbia WHAT: A city of 23,000 WHERE: Northeastern British Columbia, on the Peace River WEBSITE: www.fortstjohn.ca