February 2017 | Business View Magazine

214 215 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 ults. “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 caretakers 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