Jun 11, 2014 | Construction Blogs, Sustainable Building & Design program, Teachers' Union offices
Many sustainable building projects are built in places where it is difficult or impossible to access electrical grid power, and this necessitates running a gasoline or diesel powered generator to provide power for tools. Over the course of an entire building project...
Oct 17, 2012 | Canada's Greenest Home, Natural building materials and techniques
Among the many challenges involved in meeting the Living Building Challenge standard for Canada’s Greenest Home, one of the biggest was how to heat the home given that the LBC does not accept combustion devices of any kind for any purpose. Our first choice for...
Sep 14, 2012 | Canada's Greenest Home
The south facing roof surface of Canada’s Greenest Home just got busier capturing the energy of the sun with the installation of our solar hot water system. The two 4 x 8 foot collectors should be able to provide between 50-75% of the hot water needs of the...
Aug 15, 2012 | Canada's Greenest Home
High among the priorities for Canada’s Greenest Home is the attempt to make the house a net zero energy building. To reach this goal, we began by designing the most efficient home we possibly could, making energy reduction a major factor in every decision we...
