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The Brant Colony recently completed external construction on its ‘net-zero’ facility, the first barn in the province that produces as much energy as it consumes.

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Egg-laying barn produces as much energy as it uses

Brant Colony’s new barn will also be a learning project about ‘what it takes to get to net zero’

By Alexis Kienlen October 28, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutes A new egg-laying barn currently under construction at the Brant Colony in Vulcan County will be the first such ‘net-zero’ facility in the province. “The thought was that if we had a barn designed from scratch and we put all these different things in it, we could get to the point where the energy inputs […] Read more