On June 6, more than 20 Greening Homes crew and Legacy Project volunteers assembled and presented benchers and planters for Eva Phoenix’s new home on Brant Street in Toronto, helping to bring the outdoors in for the youth who live in this important transitional facility. This initiative was part of the Canadian Green Building Council […]
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At Greening Homes we wanted to reduce the time it took for construction managers to deliver important documents from the renovation site to the office – particularly sites located in the city’s north and east end. The documents needed to be delivered but we also wanted to optimize our managers’ time. Happily we discovered A-Way […]
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It’s official! On March 6, the youth of Eva’s Phoenix voted on their favourite design. Several months ago the Canada Green Building Council CaGBC-Greater Toronto Chapter (CaGBC-GTC) approached Greening Homes to volunteer our time and skills to ‘bring the outdoors in’ at the new Eva’s Phoenix location, as part of the National CaGBC’s Legacy Project. […]
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More than ten years ago I had a vision to offer homeowners quality design renovations with minimal environmental and health impacts – delivered by an exceptional team. Flash forward to a weekend in January this year, that team – 21 in total – gathered at the Ecology Retreat Centre in Hockley Valley to take stock […]
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Recently, I had the opportunity to participate in some airtightness testing at the Evergreen Brickworks (a LEED Platinum building). The testing was for a research group from Ryerson University and was led by Greg Labbe and Shervin Akhavi from the BlueGreen Group. To sufficiently depressurize the building, seven blower door fans were required! We were very […]
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Architect Terrell Wong, owner of Stone’s Throw Design, and builder Sylvia Cook, owner of Aerecura Rammed Earth, presented their amazing work with insulated rammed earth buildings at the North American Passive House Conference in Chicago. Too often high-performance means high-tech, with many Passive House walls incorporating space-age products and complex detailing. This look at the history, […]
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Do you own a home? Are you planning, currently engaged in, or have ever undertaken a home renovation with green and sustainable features? Do you have an hour to spare? My name is Mahtab and I am a graduate student at the University of Toronto. I am researching effective strategies to get homeowners engaged in […]
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I had the good fortune of attending an all-day pre-conference workshop on WUFI Passive; for which I am grateful to Greening Homes for its dedication and commitment to the ideals of Passive House (and my own continuing professional development)! The Passive House standard originated in Germany and has been enthusiastically adopted by high-performance builders and […]
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