Meet our Live Net Zero households
Learn more about why our households wanted to participate in Live Net Zero and see how they tackled the challenges.
Eight households. Six challenges. $50,000 cash prize. One winning family.
See how each family tackled the different Live Net Zero challenges, learn from their experiences, and pick up some tips and tricks to reduce your own household emissions.
Learn more about why our households wanted to participate in Live Net Zero and see how they tackled the challenges.
The MacInnis-Boudreau Household
Wildfires hitting too close to home has this family exploring what more they can do to help lessen climate change.
The DePape-Rodrigues Household
Kari and Brigette want to understand affordable yet effective ways to decrease personal carbon emissions and continue to advocate for policy change.
The Foreman Household
The Foremans understand the importance of addressing carbon emissions, they want to inspire ordinary Canadian families through their experiences.
The Shannon Household
After making an independent documentary about a sustainable housing specialist retrofitting their home, the Shannon’s aim to share their new knowledge.
The Waddell-Shankland Household
Already challenging themselves to not buy anything new for a year, this family is eager to embark on the Live Net Zero Challenge.
The Marsh Household
This multi-generation household of five already has a rather low-carbon lifestyle, and big ideas on how to make their homes less carbon intensive.
The Reid Household
The Reid household aims for net-zero living due to current climate concerns. They’re excited to learn and implement carbon footprint-reducing strategies.
The Proulx-Coll Household
This active family of five believes that we need to come together as Canadians to protect our natural environment and reduce our carbon emissions.
Commuting
Plot a course to drive less and decarbonize your ride to take the pole position on emissions reductions.
Learn more about this challengeHome Improvement
Some thoughtful home introspection is required to make major progress towards becoming net zero.
Learn more about this challengeHome Envelope
To seal this deal you’ll need to ditch drafts and fill the gaps in your home’s cold weather defences.
Learn more about this challengeHeating and Cooling
Keep your cool while ensuring your home is warm and water’s hot with the fewest carbon emissions possible.
Learn more about this challengeElectricity
Pull the plug on inefficiency to take charge of your power consumption, and find ways to green your grid.
Learn more about this challengeHolidays
Carbon budgets can take off when celebrating holidays and taking winter vacations, so keep them in check and carry on.
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