Nadurra – GH top pick By: greening homes

June 19, 2015
Green Materials

Our friends at Nadurra have been featured in NOW Magazine for some of their amazing floors. We love the selection at their Toronto showroom and recommend their FSC solid or engineered wood floors to many of our clients. Our contact at Nadurra is Michael Boulger – an extremely helpful fellow. If you have a need for wood, cork or […]

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Greening Homes Wins the Prestigious Canadian Green Building Award! By: greening homes

June 2, 2015
Announcements, Awards, Community, Project Update

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 2, 2015 Toronto Green Building Leader Receives Prestigious Canadian Green Building Award Greening Homes recognized for transforming post war house into one of the most energy efficient in Canada (Toronto, ON) – Greening Homes is thrilled to announce that its Beechwood Project – a deep energy retrofit of a post-World War II bungalow in […]

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CBC visits a unique bathroom built by Greening Homes By: greening homes

May 26, 2015
Community, Green Materials, Indoor Health, Resource Efficiency, Site Stories

Our past client and the Managing Editor behind TreeHugger.com, Lloyd Alter, was recently featured on CBC’s radio program The Current with Anna Maria Tremonti! As part of an ongoing series called By Design, the segment focused on the uniquely designed bathroom which Greening Homes recently completed as part of a whole house renovation. In stark […]

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“The glory of the entropic potential of water!!” By: greening homes

April 21, 2015
Announcements, Community, Green Materials, Indoor Health, Resource Efficiency

Title Statement by: Jacob Deva Racusin, Monday April 6th, 2015 For most, Easter Long weekend was an opportunity to get out of town or spend time with family. This year, for the members of Greening Homes, it was an opportunity to spend some time in the classroom delving deeper into the realms of building science. […]

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Introducing Our New Office Space! By: greening homes

April 15, 2015
Announcements

We’re excited to formally announce the opening of our new Junction Triangle office space at 163 Sterling Road, Unit #167! We wasted no time filling the space, as almost our entire crew participated in an intensive 4-day building science workshop over the Easter long weekend. Our new home is a reflection of our general renovation […]

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Construction Manager, Shane MacInnes’ design selected for Maple Leaf Forever Design Exhibition & Auction By: greening homes

April 2, 2015
Waste Diversion

Greening Homes has a number of very talented team members and Shane MacInnes is no exception. A skilled carpenter with an eye for design, his submission into the Maple Leaf Forever Design Exhibit and Auction was selected from a large number of applicants. He was in good company with other well known carpenters. Shane describes […]

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Greening Homes’ Deep Energy Retrofit Nominated for Canadian Green Building Award 2015 By: greening homes

April 2, 2015
Announcements, Awards

Our Deep Energy Retrofit was nominated for the 2015 national Canadian Green Building Award! The Canadian Green Building Awards recognize excellence in the design and execution of Canadian residential and non-residential buildings of all types, including new construction, existing buildings, renovations and interior design projects. A jury of distinguished professionals will adjudicate the awards based on criteria of […]

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We’re Hiring a Lead Carpenter By: greening homes

March 25, 2015
Announcements

LEAD CARPENTER – RESIDENTIAL RENOVATION We’re looking for a Lead Carpenter who wants to join a young and growing renovations company, and help us build amazing green projects for our Toronto clients. We need candidates to have the skill and experience to take a project from framing all the way to finishing, as well as […]

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