I wanted to blog about Harold Orr and his amazing contributions to super efficiency in homes. I met and heard him talk at Affordable Comfort back in 2008ish when he came out with his video of the chainsaw retrofit and I recently heard he was given a life-time achievement award by Sustainable Buildings Canada. Well chosen SBC and glad to see Mario Kani also received a life-time achievement award.
Then I stumbled on an Ottawa Citizen Article and topping all that off I got sucked into Micheal Henry’s web site – The Sustainable Home – and there’s no way I can say it better then him.
With two great videos of Harold himself doing work at age 70-something, click on Micheal’s link!
Someone please give this guy the Order of Canada for doing more than any politician to date about ensuring future generations of Canadians might enjoy the comfort and natural beauty we currently do.
It goes without saying that Greg Allen and Rob Dumont also stand out as towering figures.
Thank you Harold, to paraphrase Newton, if we have seen father, it was because we were standing on your shoulders.