<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5)">Buildings are one of the largest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) in Waterloo Region and it is important that new “Green” high performance building design standards (HPDS) are developed and implemented to help the Region progress towards the target of reducing 80% of GHG emissions by 2050</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5)">The Nith Valley EcoBoosters, Climate Action Waterloo Region, and Waterloo Region Community Energy will be co-hosting a community workshop to educate residents about HPDS and to get feedback regarding what standards we should have for our Region.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5)">You are invited to attend the workshop which will be held on Thursday June 27 at the New Hamburg Community Centre, 251 Jacob Street, from 7:00-8:30 pm and you can register here: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px"><font color="#0000ff"><a href="https://bit.ly/HPDSJune27" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/HPDSJune27</a></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">More information about this workshop and others (hosted in Cambridge, Kitchener, and Waterloo) can be found on the HPDS EngageWR page: </span><span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.engagewr.ca/high-performance-development-standards" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">https://www.engagewr.ca/high-performance-development-standards</span></a> </span></span></p><div><br></div><div>Linda Lackey</div><div>Communications Team</div><div>Nith Valley EcoBoosters</div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span lang="EN-US"><b><font size="4"><img width="96" height="58" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4xvqH5YOtz7UlBXRM_gbeLMNhbbP6zGFYvEc2ByQsWtMcjf5lk-0Q0TsyeRxqpVMTTVLWazKqo"></font></b></span></div><div><span lang="EN-US"><b><font size="4">Nith Valley EcoBoosters</font></b> </span></div><div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">- committed to </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:Arial">achieving and </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">supporting </span><br></div><div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">a
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