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Rising energy costs will drive consumer demand Continued from page 7 11 · Thursday, February 23, 2012 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.insideHALTON.com Marion says he doesn't know what the payback on this project is yet. "This is my own R&D I'm doing," he said. Now he knows which elements work and which don't, some of which would have saved him money if he had not done them. Now that he's learned from his personal build, Marion said he hopes to incorporate the knowledge into his builds as a contractor. Flynn was impressed with the home, saying it began the same way as all others on the street, yet Marion has slashed his energy bill greatly. "Yet when you look inside, it looks as nice and feels the same. It's not like you're living in something that's a science project," Flynn said. Flynn noted rising costs of energy will drive decisions to build such energy-efficient homes in the future. "I think this will be consumer driven," he said. Currently, when families enter a potential home, they look at the finishing on the counters, but that will need to change. "I think consumer demand is going to change that. They're going to want some sort of index on that house on how energy efficient it is," he said. "The conversation is just not happening right "The conversation is just not happening right now. It's all about interior finishing. It's not that those things aren't important. It's just that we should be discussing those and the efficiency of the building." Ed Marion, Oakville resident now," Marion added. "It's all about interior finishing. It's not that those things aren't important. It's just that we should be discussing those and the efficiency of the building." Damoff said she was impressed with the home when she first saw it last summer and invited Flynn to take a tour. "I was just so impressed with what he did so I thought it needed to be shared more broadly," she said. 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