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Want to slash your home energy costs by 75 per cent? Things are about to get a whole lot Greener in Kanata, Ont., as Ottawa-based builder Minto Communities says it will build five of the most energy efficient homes in Canada in this suburb of the nation’s capital.

With support from Natural Resources Canada’s ecoENERGY Innovation Initiative (ecoEII), Minto is investing in this initiative with leading residential experts in building science and energy efficiency to plan, design, and construct five zero energy homes. The homes, to be built in Kanata’s Arcadia community, are designed to deliver net-zero energy (NZE) performance – meaning they will produce as much energy as they consume on an annual basis.

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