<P> In 2009, the organization broke ground on Canada's first solar - paneled homes built by Habitat for Humanity at the Williams Way Build Site . The homes being built here are expected to be upwards of 25% more efficient than the Ontario Building Code Standards . This will help reduce the cost of energy paid by the low - income families moving in . Habitat homes also include Energy Star certified appliances, further reducing the energy used by the homes . </P> <P> Habitat Toronto operates three ReStores in the Toronto area . </P> <P> ReStores also conduct salvages, where a group of volunteers travel to homes and disassemble kitchens and other units and transport them to the ReStores . The ReStores help redirect larges amounts of materials from landfills to homebuilders and renovators . </P> <P> The ReStores grossed $2.5 million in 2009 while redirecting 1,497 metric tons of reusable construction materials from landfills . </P>

Where was the first habitat for humanity house built