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CLAXTON (Advisor: B. Perry-Gore ~ room M344; Project Supervisor: A. Cordeiro)

Goods and Services Footprint

“Composting and recycling are effective ways to reduce our goods and services footprint”.

6- Topic: Garbage waste

Questions:

1. How much solid waste do Canadian households throw away?

2. Where does the garbage go?

3. What happens to waste in landfills?

4. What does an incinerator do?

5. How does food waste impact the environment?

6. What is the Saint-Michel Environmental Complex?

7. What is the Lachenaie dump?

8. What are sustainable solid waste management strategies?

9. What is the “pay-as-you-throw” waste management program?

10. What are the “cleanliness by-laws” in Montreal and campaigns such as “menage ton voisinage” and operationmontreal.net.

Activities:

(Choose one of the following)

A: Map where the garbage bins are located in NDG and their usage. Also, identify the location of public recycling bins.

C: How clean are the streets of Montreal?

THIS GROUP WILL MEET WITH WILL BE SUPERVISED BY MME. CORDEIRO FOR THE AFTERNOON ACTIVITY THAT WILL INVOLVE STREET SURVEYS

Shelter Footprint

“Anything that makes a house more energy efficient will shrink its footprint”.

7- Topic: Energy and Water Efficiency

Questions:

1. What are energy saving features and energy-saving habits of homeowners?

2. What are some water-saving features? What are some wasteful water habits and what can we do to improve our such behaviour?

3. What are “Energy Star-rated” products that can by households to reduce energy consumption (e.g., for mowing lawns, household chores, etc.)

4. What are dry-composting toilets? 3-flush toilets & What are low-flow fixtures?

5. What energy efficient improvements can be made to someone’s home?

6. In what ways has LCC ‘greened’ its campus (provide 5 examples).

7. Calculate the average water flow in a typical day at LCC.

8. What are low-flow fixtures?

9. Green lawn mowers?

10. List four energy sources that have had a negative impact upon the environment. Explain.

11. List four clean sources of energy that could supply all of the world’s energy needs

12. If clean energy sources exist, why hasn’t the world switched over?

13. How is coal used to produce electricity and how much does it contribute to climate change? What is clean coal technology and is it actually possible?

14. In what way does dirty energy produce smog and what are some of the primary health problems that people suffer as a result

Activities:

(Choose one of the following)

A: Street survey: types of housing how many have clotheslines, sprinklers, awnings (to reduce entry of sunlight and reduce need for air conditioning).

C: Survey your own home. Identify a minimum of 12 areas that could benefit from energy saving measures (e.g., changing old windows, improving insulation, introducing low flush toilets, having dad use a bowl of water to shave, etc.)

THIS GROUP WILL MEET WITH WILL BE SUPERVISED BY MME. CORDEIRO FOR THE AFTERNOON ACTIVITY THAT WILL INVOLVE STREET SURVEYS

“Some houses and building techniques produce smaller impacts than others on resources”.

8- Topic: Greening building techniques

Questions:

1. What makes eco-friendly?

2. What is organic architecture?

3. What are reclaimed and renewable building materials?

4. What are passive building systems?

5. What is the purpose of the “Green Lab” project issued by the Urban Ecology Centre of Montreal?

6. What is a LEED building? What buildings in Montreal adhere to LEED standards?

7. What makes the Mountain Equipment Co-op building in Montreal green?

8. What are R-2000 homes?

9. What is the Benny Square project in Montreal?

10. What are the highest ranking greenest cities and why?

11. What energy-efficient measures were undertaken for the building of the Bill Durnham Arena?

Activity:

B: Survey a large building and identify aspects of that building that could easily benefit from energy saving modifications or implementation of LEED designs.

THIS GROUP WILL MEET WITH WILL BE SUPERVISED BY MME. CORDEIRO FOR THE AFTERNOON ACTIVITY THAT WILL INVOLVE STREET SURVEYS