Chris Phillips, Greening Homes’ President, is attending this year’s GreenBuild conference, in Philadelphia. This is the first of his daily blogs from the event. This is my second GreenBuild conference and expo after having attended the event in Toronto in 2011. The conference is presented by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) each year. […]
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HOPEFEST is a small Ontario music festival put on to benefit Sick Kids Hospital and The Make-A-Wish Foundation. This annual festival took place on September 14th at Eaglewood Resort and Conservation Centre, in Pefferlaw Ontario. We supported HOPEFEST this year with a donation, and Bobby Walker, one of our Greening Homes crew was a very dedicated organizer throughout the […]
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We’ve just received our new business cards, and they look amazing (…not that we are very objective critics!). Our business cards are printed on 100% post-consumer recycled & FSC-Certified paper stock using a waterless printing. We print using a fantastic online (yet Toronto local) printing company called The World’s Greenest Business Card. The owner, Bernard, […]
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Greening Homes is working on a slab on grade, 2-story addition in North York this summer. The house is a small, post war, story and a half, brick home. As part of the 2-story addition, the rear roof was raised 3’ at the ridge and the new roof we built incorporates the new addition and […]
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Come and visit our booth at this year’s Fall Home Show. Yes, it sounds strange to be talking about fall so soon but it is just around the corner. The show starts Thursday, October 3rd and runs until Sunday, October 6th at the Better Living Centre, Exhibition Place. We’re at Booth #544 right across from our […]
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We now have two Construction Managers certified by PHIUS as Certified Passive House Consultants (CPHCs). After a grueling 6 weeks of evening classes they have passed their qualification exams with flying colours. Although you may not be interested in building a certified Passive House, you will be interested in some of the strategies they involve. […]
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Well, halfway there! Connor Malloy our Operations Manager recently passed his first of two exams for his BCIN (Building Code Identification Number). In the next 6 weeks he will write the second exam to receive his full BCIN. A professional with a BCIN has the ability to consult, review and submit drawings for building permits […]
Read MorePart of our Leaside ICF addition project included improving basement access and resolving an awkward side entrance. This was one of those situations where you just stand there scratching your head wondering why anyone would have built it that way. The sidedoor was off a pie-shaped landing on a winding stair. Both the side door and […]
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