“Smart” Vapour Barriers?
One of the most important – but least glamorous – of the features of Canada’s Greenest Home (and most natural and sustainable buildings) is the vapour permeability of the walls. It doesn’t sound like a big deal, but it’s a major difference between conventional...
Triple pane windows installed
Choosing high quality windows is a very important part of our strategy to make Canada’s Greenest Home as energy efficient as possible. There is a lot to consider when making a window purchase… here is how we went about making our decision to buy Inline...
Electric Vehicle Future?
The pace of change in buildings and building design has been rapid over the past decade, and the changes are likely to be more dramatic in the near future. It is difficult to judge which ideas and technologies will take hold and become commonplace, and that makes...
Dense-pack Cellulose Insulation
There are several portions of Canada’s Greenest Home that do not have straw bale walls. While we believe strongly in the advantages of straw bale walls, we also want to show our students a more mainstream way to achieve high energy efficiency with low...
Low-tech glory: Straw and clay
A lot of the attention in a sustainable building goes to the high tech equipment and mechanical systems. But at the heart of a project like Canada’s Greenest Home are some wonderfully simple, low tech and extremely effective structural systems like our clay...