Jul 8, 2019 | Construction Blogs, Featured, Geneva Park cabin, Sustainable Building & Design program
Endeavour’s Sustainable New Construction program for 2019 is working with Geneva Park, a YMCA camp, to help them create Canada’s greenest cottage community. The camp’s plan is to replace the dozens of old cottages on the site with new cabins that...
Jul 7, 2019 | Construction Blogs, Featured, Sustainable Building & Design program, Urban Renovation accessory dwelling unit
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...
Sep 20, 2016 | Construction Blogs, Hempcrete, Jumbo bale duplex, Natural building materials and techniques, Recipes, Straw bale building
Fifth Wind Farms wanted to create a building that could reach the energy efficiency requirements of the Passive House standard without resorting to the use of foam, mineral wool or other materials with a high carbon footprint. While straw bale buildings can have...
Apr 12, 2016 | Hempcrete, Natural building materials and techniques, Recipes
On April 9, a workshop at Endeavour brought participants together to explore hempcrete insulation materials. The workshop looked at well-used options for these materials, but also explored some interesting new approaches. Endeavour has continued to develop the use of...
Nov 2, 2014 | Hempcrete, Natural building materials and techniques
A group of lucky participants was treated to an excellent weekend workshop on building with hempcrete (or hemp-lime), led by UK architect and hempcrete pioneer, Tom Woolley. Tom is the author of Hemp Lime Construction and Low Impact Building, and has been involved in...
