Detailing our Deep Energy Retrofit Project By: greening homes

November 15, 2014
Green Materials, Project Update, Resource Efficiency, Site Stories

On October 8th, Blue Green Consulting Group hosted one of their famous Design Meets Boots on the Ground events where architects and builders came together to share their insights and experience with an audience of over 50 of the most cutting edge architects, builders and building consultants south western Ontario has to offer. Steven Gray, one of our Construction Managers, […]

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Day 2 at GreenBuild 2014! By: greening homes

October 25, 2014
Community, Green Materials, Resource Efficiency

It’s Day 2 here at GreenBuild 2014: New Orleans. I’m off to the Rock ‘N Bowl for a zydeco concert tonight. This’ll be a short post! GreenBuild always introduces one or two neat new things worth a call out. This year, all conference attendees were provided with hotel room card keys made of FSC-certified birch […]

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Day 1 at GreenBuild 2014! By: greening homes

October 23, 2014
Community, Green Materials, Resource Efficiency

  GH President Chris Phillips will be blogging daily about his experiences in New Orleans at the Greenbuild Conference. — Hello from New Orleans and GreenBuild 2014! Once again, this conference — produced by the United States Green Building Council and the largest green building convention in North America — is enormous, with almost 40 […]

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BEST PRACTICE WINDOW INSTALLATION By: greening homes

September 20, 2014
Green Materials, Project Update, Resource Efficiency

* This project has been selected as one of three finalists in the Innovation in Sustainability category for the CaGBC’s Toronto Chapter Innovation in LEED awards. Drop by the site for a tour on Saturday October 4th as part of Ontario Sustainable Energy Association’s Green Energy Doors Open Event. — We recently installed high performance windows at our Deep Energy Retrofit […]

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DEEP ENERGY RETROFIT: AIR SEALING PENETRATIONS By: greening homes

July 7, 2014
Green Materials, Resource Efficiency

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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Siga Tape Demonstration By: greening homes

June 25, 2014
Green Materials

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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Greening Homes Crew at “Spring Training” By: greening homes

June 19, 2014
Green Materials, Resource Efficiency

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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INTRODUCING WARMBOARD By: greening homes

April 10, 2014
Green Materials, Resource Efficiency

GH recently attended a product information session for Warmboard, a radiant panel product that we will be using at our deep energy retrofit project in East York. Warmboard consists of an engineered wood sheathing panel (either OSB or plywood) with a sheet of aluminum applied to one side. The panels are contoured with grooves that […]

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