TheGreenHub.ca, in conjunction with the Brantford Expositor, is presenting an ongoing weekly editorial series entitled This Really Old House Goes Green.

The project, with exclusive publication rights for the Brantford Expositor, will follow the upgrade and renovation of a Brantford war-time cottage in the Holmedale area, utilizing all of the latest green expertise, technology and materials, from start to finish.

At TheGreenHub.ca, we are trying to draw attention to a hub zone including Brantford, Six Nations and Norfolk, Haldimand and Brant counties. We feel this ongoing project will show that the most up-to-date green tradespeople, services and supplies are available in that geographic area.

And it will show people living and working within The Green Hub that such green upgrades are attainable in our own backyard.

A local contractor living and working within The Green Hub will be guiding the green reno from start to finish. His challenge: to complete the entire project utilizing resources found within The Green Hub area.

The series will document, on a weekly basis, how the project is proceeding. In the Brantford Expositor, and in its online edition, there will be a weekly article from journalist Greg McMillan, of TheGreenHub.ca, and photos, plus a related column. Additionally, on TheGreenHub.ca, there will be more articles, more photos and ongoing video coverage from Adam Hislop, also of TheGreenHub.ca. Other sister publications of the Brantford Expositor in The Green Hub area, divisions of Osprey Media Publishing Inc., will also have access to the weekly series.

As part of this project, TheGreenHub.ca will regularly provide more information about The Green Hub and showcase This Really Old House Goes Green in more depth and detail on a daily basis.

We at TheGreenHub.ca are also exploring the creation of a national television package documenting the project every step of the way. This would be produced and aired after the entire process is completed.

Both The Brantford Expositor and TheGreenHub.ca are tremendously excited about this project and believe it will provide tremendous cutting-edge editorial content and attract widespread and unprecedented attention to The Green Hub and all its potential – for business and for lifestyle.

project mandate
The Brantford Expositor, in conjunction with TheGreenHub.ca, is presenting an ongoing weekly editorial series entitled This Really Old House Goes Green.

The project will follow the upgrade and renovation of a Brantford war-time cottage in the Holmedale area, utilizing all of the latest available green expertise, technology and materials, from start to finish. A team of professionals living and working within a green hub area, consisting of Brantford, Six Nations and Norfolk, Haldimand and Brant counties, will donate their goods and services to show that the most up-to-date green
concepts are available right here in their own backyard.

about the house
87 Alexander Drive, (Sub-district Holmedale/Lansdowne) Brantford, Ontario, Canada

Site dimensions: 50 feet by 100 feet on .11 acres on level topography.
Zoning: R1B (Residential One B)

Single family detached 1 1/2 storey home, three bedrooms, finished basement,
Year built (estimate): 1950

Owner: Audrey McMillan, retired Brantford General Hospital nurse and wife of now-deceased Richard (Dick) McMillan, a principal with the Brant City School Board (now Grand Erie Board of Education) for 20 years and Commanding Officer of the 56th Field Regiment R.C.A from 1964 to 1968, then again as Honorary Lieutenant Colonel from 1989 to 1993.

Other: Frame construction, vinyl exterior finish, asphalt shingle roof, concrete poured foundation, gas-fired forced air heating, central air, municipal water and sewer, 900 square feet inside floor area (not including basement) on main and second floors, fully fenced yard, shared double asphalt driveway, older-style artificial stone exterior foundation, close to Grand River and hiking trails.