Feb 11, 2021 | Construction Blogs, Embodied Carbon, Hempcrete, High performance HVAC, Sustainable Building Projects, Trent University Zero Carbon Forensics Facility
When Trent University set out to design a Forensics Crime Scene facility, the building would be the first of its kind on a Canadian university campus. But the innovation didn’t stop there: the building would also be the first certified Zero Carbon building in...
Jul 8, 2019 | Embodied Carbon
Carbon drawdown now! Endeavour’s Chris Magwood began researching the embodied carbon of building materials while working on the book Making Better Buildings in 2013. It has become something of an obsession ever since! Chris published his Master’s...
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...
Jan 9, 2019 | Construction Blogs, Embodied Carbon, Straw bale building, Sustainable Building & Design program, Zero House prefab
Zero House was Endeavour’s most ambitious project. Designed by students and faculty of the Architectural Science program at Ryerson University, Endeavour undertook the transformation of the design into a fully modular, prefabricated building that would be zero...
Dec 11, 2018 | Embodied Carbon, Thoughts on Building
Endeavour Centre is committed to helping reverse climate change by creating buildings that are carbon capture and storage devices. Our buildings store more carbon in their materials than was emitted in making the materials… climate positive building. Add this to...
