Yes, Mr. Chair. I know these are the things the department looks at. I am trying to find out what are you actually doing in terms of adapting or incorporating any or which of these new technologies or priorities are you actually looking at, Mr. Chair? I haven't got my copy with me. Maybe I do. Maybe it is buried here, but looking at the pre-budget consultations that committee undertook in several communities this fall, and the government's response, I recall that there was a lot of attention focussed on the cost of living and running and maintaining a household. One idea that came forward that I thought had fantastic potential environmentally, not only from a cost point of view, is changing some appliances in some of our houses, get it to modern. The new make and models of clothes washing machines, Mr. Chair, use less than half the amount of water. Think of the millions of litres of water that we would save, that we could save on the cost of trucking, process, cleaning and disposing of dirty water, heating it, and all these other things. These are the kinds of innovations that I am wondering if the Housing Corporation is looking at in our approach. That is what I was wondering. What specifically is the Housing Corporation adapting these days to become more energy efficient in our hundreds of units we have across the NWT, Mr. Chair?
Bill Braden on Item 17: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 13th, 2007. See this statement in context.
Item 17: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 17: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 12th, 2007
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