Thanks to the many partners and the support of Jim O’Connor (Highland Glass) who has donated the building, and Leora Berman (Aquatilus) who is donating time to coordinate the project, the Eco-Innovation Centre in Haliburton will become an agile marketing centre and Centre of Excellence.
It will showcase and research the best in Stewardship, Green Technologies and Integrative Building Solutions. The Historic building will be restored and retrofitted with demonstration features including solar generation, alternative waste disposal systems, with living systems and alternative building technologies.
The interior will accommodate interpretive educational materials and marketing facilities for stewardship agencies, tradesmen, suppliers and contractors.
The site has provincial attention as one of the last remaining reinforced concrete buildings in Ontario, and having unparalleled and unique structural and architectural features: It was designed and built by Westinghouse Engineering in 1908 for $1M.
This dynamic and adaptive repurposing of the building will result in sustainable economic development across the highlands with the support partners of the Sir Sandford Fleming College, the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario, Canadian Industrial Heritage Centre, York and Trent Universities, and local builders associations.
Help us make this centre a reality. Become a project sponsor and receive marketing and membership benefits.
Our goal is to raise $50,000 to open the doors and/or we are looking for donations of materials and labour. All donations of any amount are appreciated and qualify for a charitable receipt through the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario (Charitable Number 108071556RR0001).
We are looking for:
- Excavation services
– Labour for parging and cement reinforcement
– Electrical services
– Cement
– Gravel
– Garage doors
– Septic systems
– Composting toilets
– Pump systems
– Other furnishings and labour.
Members benefit from:
- Marketing through yellow pages, websites, brochures, billboards, radio and television ads
– Access to new clientele and added referrals
– Access to state of the art research on building technologies
– Access and reduced costing for Green certification
– Increased revenues and job retention and recruitment.
To find out how to get involved, become a partner, a member, or support our activities contact us.
