Table 1 Goals of green demonstration home projects
From: Assessing the societal impacts of green demonstration homes: a Canadian case study
Name of house | Goal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Educate and raise awareness generally | Show that green changes can be easily incorporated into an existing home | Demonstrate designs or products to the public | Test designs or products | Research to advance frontiers in the practice of green home building | Facilitate further adoption of green home building | |
ACTEW Energy Efficient Demonstration Home (Canberra, Australia) [29] | Yes | Yes | ||||
Afresh Home (Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada) [30] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Archetype Sustainable House (Vaughan, Ontario, Canada) [31] | Yes | Yes | ||||
Cherokee Mainstream Greenhome (Raleigh, NC, USA) [32] | Yes | |||||
Christchurch Energy Efficiency Show Home (Christchurch, New Zealand) [24] | Yes | |||||
CMHC—EQuilibrium Homes (15 total, various provinces, Canada) [33] | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
Desert House (Phoenix, AZ, USA) [2] | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
Durham Eco-House (Durham Region, Ontario, Canada) [34] | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
Environmental Showcase Home (Phoenix, AZ, USA) [35] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
Seabird Island First Nation Sustainable Housing Demonstration Project (Upper Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada) [37] | Yes | Yes | ||||
Sharland Oasis (Hamlyn Heights, Australia) [38] | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
Subiaco Sustainable Demonstration Home (Subiaco, Western Australia) [39] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Yes | ||||||
Yes | Yes | |||||
14/15 | 9/15 | 4/15 | 2/15 | 2/15 | 7/15 | |
93 % | 60 % | 27 % | 13 % | 13 % | 47 % | |