Healthy, zero carbon urban renovation
In 2018, we undertook an urban renovation project in downtown Peterborough, Ontario. The city had just adjusted its by-laws to allow for secondary suites on residential properties. Our client had an empty, 100 year old garage attached to her home and wanted to transform it into a one bedroom rental suite in a healthy, zero carbon urban renovation.
Endeavour brought our sustainable building goals to this renovation, including zero carbon footprint, zero toxins and zero waste. Using innovative approaches including hempcrete insulation, expanded glass sub-slab insulation, earthen floors, tadelakt plaster and much more, we brought new life to this old building.
Click on the slideshow below to see a start-to-finish exploration of this unique project…
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- Endeavour Centre renovates an old concrete garage into a healthy, zero carbon residence
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- Class of 2018
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- Sustainable goals for the eco-renovation
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- Before the reno…
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- Unheated storage space…
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- Insulating plaster experiments
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- Insulating plaster recipe
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- Foundation drainage
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- Foundation insulation
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- Structural improvements
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- Cement-free footings
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- Insulating plaster tests
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- Insulating plaster application
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- Insulating plaster applied
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- Air sealing for plaster
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- Installing new beam
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- New beam and floor base
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- Floor vapour barrier
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- Expanded glass slab insulation
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- Poraver expanded glass insulation
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- Block wall modifications
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- New frame wall sections
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- Wood fiberboard insulation
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- Wood fiberboard insulation layer
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- Double stud walls
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- Mixing hempcrete insulation
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- Installing hempcrete insulation
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- Hempcrete insulation installed
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- Whiteboard lessons
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- Air tightness membranes
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- Intello smart barrier
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- ERV installation
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- Adding cellulose roof insulation
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- Triple pane windows
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- Sheep’s wool insulation
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- Non-toxic caulking
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- Lime plaster on hempcrete
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- Mento air barrier
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- AFM Safecoat Naturals paint
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- Lime plaster details
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- Wide window sills
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- Reclaimed siding
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- Window flashing
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- Earthen floor recipe
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- Installing earthen floor
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- Earthen floor finished
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- Tadelakt plaster recipe
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- Tadelakt plaster application
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- Tadelakt plaster
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- Mini-split heat pump
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- Flush mounted base trim
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- Deep set windows
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- Kitchen with lime plaster
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- Finished kitchen
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- Earthen floor and healthy paints
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- Completed interior
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- Finished exterior
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- Sustainable Renovations Class of 2018
