Apr 4, 2014 | Canada's Greenest Home, Construction Blogs, Natural plaster, Recipes
One of the goals of the Canada’s Greenest Home project is to show that a very green home can be built by any contractor with the desire to do so. As part of that goal, we made sure that we used no products that contained toxic chemicals or off gassing compounds,...
Apr 4, 2014 | Canada's Greenest Home, Construction Blogs
When it came to choosing a cooking appliance for Canada’s Greenest Home, we were faced with a conflict in approach. Most homes that aim for net zero energy consumption will choose to use natural gas ranges and ovens, and take the cooking loads away from the...
May 18, 2013 | Canada's Greenest Home
Canada’s Greenest Home is about to go on the market, and as we switch out of construction mode and into the process of selling the home on its merits we figured this is a good time to reflect on whether or not we’ve met our goals. Not a Competition We were initially...
Mar 6, 2013 | Canada's Greenest Home
In the province of Ontario in 2002, “1.2 million tones of solid waste were generated from the construction and demolition sector” (Development of Construction and Demolition Waste Recycling in Ontario). A typical home construction project will generate...
Feb 26, 2013 | Canada's Greenest Home
Natural clay finish plasters add an unparalleled beauty to any home, and it was exciting to apply these plasters to Canada’s Greenest Home this weekend. These skim coat plasters can be applied over any wall surface. In this project, we used them over clay base...
