70 Reasons you should tour the VerEco Home...

The Basics

The VerEco Home is an interactive exhibit that demonstrates the future of green home design, and the ecological and economical benefits of building and living smart. The Home will be on display outside the Saskatoon Western Development Museum starting October 27th, 2010. The exhibit, which includes guided educational tours, will run for 10 to 12 months.

50 Features

The VerEco Home has 50 affordable and green features that distinguish it as a net zero home. These features can be seen here.

Tours

Interested in learning more about green, economical building? 50-minute guided educational tours of the VerEco Home will be available daily. All tours will begin inside the museum.

How to Get There

The VerEco Home is in front of the Saskatoon Western Development Museum, which is located on Lorne Ave.

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Tickets

Tour Tickets will be available for $5 from the "Book a Tour Today" box on the right or in person at the Western Development Museum.

VerEco Home wins Sabex Award

At a gala awards banquet held May 18, VerEco Homes Inc. took home the Sabex award in the Environment and Sustainability category.  We are indeed honored to be recognized among so many great businesses in our fine city of Saskatoon and proudly display the Sabex award at the VerEco Home Exhibit at the Western Development Museum.

The Sabex Awards, now in its 16^th year, is organized by the Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce and recognizes and celebrates the success of businesses within Saskatoon and area.  Many of these organizations have made significant improvements to the community, industry at large and even the world in the quality of their products, services and economic contributions.

VerEco Home Exhibit to receive award

The RCE Saskatchewan Recognition Program, now in its third year, acknowledges innovative research, projects, and activities promoting Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Saskatchewan. The awards program celebrates the efforts of organizations and individuals building capacity for ESD. Learn more about the RCE at http://www.saskrce.ca/

VerEco Home Exhibit named finalist for local Awards

We are thrilled to inform you that the VerEco Home Exhibit has been honored with two local prestigious awards:

• The ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers) Saskatoon Chapter Technology award. From here, VerEco Homes will be entered in the Region XI (British Columbia to Manitoba and Alaska to Oregon) Regional Technology award competition.
• In April, VerEco Homes was chosen as a Sabex finalist in the Environmental and Sustainability category. The winner will be chosen at the Sabex Awards Gala on May 18th.  

It is indeed an honor to be recognized for our hard work and efforts to build a business that will benefit our community and the environment. We sincerely thank-you our partners significant contribution to the VerEco Home Exhibit, helping us with the success of the exhibit.

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