THE HERALD Wednesday November 1990 Business Heating the home with corn Acton businessman Is leaning over what looks tike a normal wood healer But wait what that In his hand Its certainh not wood No it run of the mill shelled com This common grain Is the source for the corn run home heaters that Mr has been selling in Halloa Region since September The Innovative heaters burn per cent efficient and are environmental safe said Mr Preuter Herald photo Higgins heads CREA served on the Ontario Real Estate Association Strategic Planning Commit lee and a number of Committees in eluding Strategic Planning Broker Board Computers Education Ad Hoc ns Government Communications and National Conference He been a CREA Director since 1987 The Canadian Real Estate Association is Canada s largest single industry organization representing over licensed and registered brokers and salespeople in 115 local real estate boards and 10 provincial associations OTTAWA David R has been elected ice President of the Canadian Real Estate Association following its Annual Conference in He is also starting a third term on the Board of Directors as Representative of a large com an appointment which was re affirmed at that time He has been active in the real estate Industry for 20 vears and is now the Branch Manager for Royal Lepage Real Estate Ser vices Ltd mOakvilIe Ontario A member of the Real Estate Board Mr has DARE TO COMPARE LIBERTYMUTUAL INSURANCE FREE HOMEOWNER QUOTATION OFFER Home currently insured for Masonry Frame Year house was built Phone Pro Postal Code Liberty Mutual Insurance Company Brian Rosa 148 Queen Street East Brampton Ontario L6V 1B2 to LIBERTY MUTUAL I Liberty When people think of corn they think of two things a vegetable that tastes great smothered with butter or a type of animal feed But for Acton businessman corn is an effiencent and environmental ly safe energy source Mr through his com pany Corn Energy Systems is the distributor in Halton Region for home heaters thai run on shelled corn The American based company Dove Energy Systems manufacturers the heaters Shelled corn is more commonly known as a type of animal feed Since corn is a non fossil fuel it is pollutant free said Mr Preuter As well corn burns per cent efficient he added Mr Preuter went on to say compared to other fuels such as oil and wood corn is cheaper and is a renewable resource The advantage of using a corn heater however doesn t stop here The greater the demand for corn the more revenue farmers can expect he said Mr Preuter sells three types of corn heaters The corn stove which produces 35 British Thermal Units of heat the space heater which emits BTUs and the corn furnace which produces 100 BTUs Mr Preuter started selling com heaters in September and since then business has been great he said noting that on one day alone last week he sold seven Most of the heating units have been sold to people in Acton Milton and Georgetown but he planning to turn his sights to the southern part of Halton in the future Initially Mr Preuter an most of his sales to be in the rural area but urban area residents have also been recep tive to the product he noted The corn heaters range in price from to Mr Preuter predicts the corn heater is only the lip of the iceberg in terms of ways corn can be used as a viable energy source There is talk of corn turbines and corn water heaters he of fered For more information about the corn heaters call Mr Preuter at CCA introduces new chairman TORONTO Concerned Children Advertisers CCA a consortium of television adver Users to children has announced the election of Michael as Chairman of the committee CCA is a committee of the Association of Canadian tisers Mr a Director and senior executive of General Mills Canada Inc has years of relevant experience in marketing and general management Mr Aymong experience in public and governmental affairs will assist his work with the commit tee as a consultant and Chair man Concerned Children has created Canada 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