This past weekend was a busy time for us – one team building ramps with STOPGAP, and another at this year’s LIVE GREEN Festival. The day started out great and we met a lot of friendly people – but the rain put a damper on things in the afternoon! You might not expect to find […]
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This past Saturday we teamed up again with StopGap to build ramps for stores and businesses along the Danforth and in Leslieville. StopGap is a Toronto organization that has a DIY accessibility mandate: remove barriers for people with disabilities, one storefront at a time by building simple ramps. After building 43 ramps last year for businesses along […]
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As the early days of April began unveiling signs of spring, I packed my car, mounted my road bike to the roof rack and headed southeast for Warren, Vermont. Yestermorrow Design Build School was hosting a 4 day Passive House Institute US (PHIUS) Builders Certification course. I had found a small bed and breakfast just […]
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At our Beechwood Deep Energy Retrofit (DER) project we are experimenting with a few different methods for air sealing penetrations. The first photo shows a neoprene flashing boot (usually used for waterproofing roof penetrations) installed around our sump pump discharge. To connect the flashing boot to the primary air barrier (Sto Gold Coat on existing […]
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