The air tightness of residential homes in Ontario has increasingly been improved over the past few decades. According to a public 2009 study of 100 new homes, “The average leakage of current housing is 3.14 ACH50”. Of the homes in the study, detached homes registered an average air leakage of 2.82 ACH50, and attached or […]
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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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This past winter the entire Greening Homes team (with partners and children!) escaped the city and spent a weekend at The Algonquin Eco Wilderness Lodge. The lodge itself is a unique experience and an apt setting for a Greening Homes retreat: the lodge is located 2.3kms from any road, therefore visitors must hike, walk, or in our case, ski […]
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GH recently attended a product demonstration by Siga, a Swiss manufacturer of building products, presented by our friends at Blue Green Group. This demonstration focused on their lines of air sealing and weather proofing products. The demonstration was well attended and we were in good company – The 4th Pig, and Passive Windows Canada were also present. The products […]
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Five Greening Homes crew members were fortunate enough to represent the company this year at one of the premier building science conferences “Spring Training Camp for Advanced Building Science & Practical Application” hosted by Enerquality. The two day event had some of the best minds from the industry presenting their respected knowledge on a wide […]
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