New Experience for AccoraVillage.com

Requirements

A year into the rebranding of Accora Village, the team at Ferguslea Properties opted to provide a refreshed site design to highlight the areas that were of most interest to the visitors the site. RKIL along with Deep Partners had identified a significant interest in the News and Events part of the site, was well as increasing traffic on mobile devices.

Implementation by RKIL

During the original implementation process, RKIL made use of its ICE (Infrastructure, Content, Experience) approach that allowed the updating of the user experience for the site, without the need to change the content or the infrastructure.

The new site got a streamlined menu structure, as well as a modified home page which increases the visual impact of the site, and allowed for selected call out boxes to focus attention on special pages. All of the existing content was reused, with no need to reformat or relink.

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ENERGY STAR app in the App Store

Requirements

RKIL has been working with the Office of Energy Efficiency at Natural Resources Canada for almost 20 years on the EnerGuide and ENERGY STAR programs, and that partnership has just taken an additional step with the release of the ENERGY STAR Most efficiency 2011 app into the Apple App Store.

Implementation by RKIL

The iPhone app allows users to find out the most efficient products from the Heat Pumps, Central Air Conditioners, Clothes Washers, Refrigerators and Televisions. The app works in both official languages.

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Web Site for Accora Village

Requirements

The team at Ferguslea Properties had developed a set of strategies for the rebranding of the Bayshore Community to a new approach with Accora Village. The brand team, led by Instinct and supported by Deep Partners, had developed a set of strategies which included improved service, updated facilities, and a greening initiative for environmental improvements.

To help support the new brand for the community, RKIL was asked to develop a web site that would support the new brand and provide new assistance and information for the residents of the community.

Implementation by RKIL

The implementation process for the web site began with a design that would reflect all of the brand values that has been established. The design had to consider not only the graphical elements used throughout the rebranding, the design also had to support the brand values which were all resident focussed.

The design of the site had a number of  implemental considerations for the operational team at Accora Village which does not have significant IT experience, and would have limited resources to update and monitor the site.

RKIL selected Squarespace.com as the web hosting and content management technology for Accoravillage.com. The site is a combination of relatively static information for background, and dynamic areas for Specials, News and Events, and the Accora Centre.

The dynamic areas of the site can be updated by Accora Village staff simply by sending an email to the site. The dynamic areas of the site also include options for links to social media including Facebook to allow residents to share information of the recreational activities hosted at the Accora Centre.

At the same time, the site infrastructure is robust enough to handle the significant volumes of traffic that are expected to arrive.

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New Version for CampBonaventure.com

Updated Requirements

RKIL has just finished the migration of CampBonaventure.com (and its sister sites CampBonaventure.ca, TheSalmonLodge.com and LeSalmonLodge.ca) to the Squarespace.com content management engine. The new sites provide the option for the staff at the lodges to update content on their own, including photos. The most popular feature on the sites has been the links to social media, and Facebook in particular.

Green Communities Intranet Goes Live

Requirements

Green Communities Canada is a national association of non-profit organizations that deliver innovative, practical environmental solutions to Canadian households and communities.

A key program for GCC is the delivery of residential energy audits using the Energuide for Houses auditing system. Each energy audit is documented in a set of electronic files which must be transmitted from energy auditors to GCC for quality assurance and storage. 

Implementation by RKIL

RKIL developed a web based data base system that allows geographically dispersed Energy Advisors submit information using their own computers and a modern web browsers. The system uses code developed in Ruby on Rails, and a MYSQL data base to collect, verify and store information for the GCC head office to verify and process.

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