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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We are experimenting with siding materials for our current project in East York, Toronto. Our clients have asked for a modern and dark coloured siding material for their front dormers, and we thought Shou Sugi Ban (charred wood siding) could be perfect. Last weekend we experimented for the first time using some of the reclaimed […]
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Chris Phillips, Greening Homes’ President, is attending this year’s GreenBuild conference, in Philadelphia. This is the second of his daily blogs from the event. It was a fantastic second day here at GreenBuild, with a full slate of education sessions and the opening of the massive Exposition. There’s lots worth talking about, but here are […]
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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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We are at the half-way mark of our exciting Leaside ICF addition. Below are some of the milestones we have reached and a list of our next steps! Exterior masonry has been completed This includes adding two basement windows in the existing brick and closing in a side door and milk door. See upcoming blog […]
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While adjusting openings in the exterior brick walls for new windows, we carefully deconstructed the existing headers. The salvaged wood, approximately 1.75″ thick douglas fir with a wonderful patina and character-infusing defects, were repurposed as rustic wood accent pieces and used throughout the home. Our carpenters carefully selected pieces with the right combination of workability and character to creat rustic window […]
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In July we worked with Greenest City to build a rain water harvesting system. Greenest City is an award-winning charitable organization that grows local organic food, youth leaders and healthy, sustainable communities with a focus on Toronto’s Parkdale-High Park neighbourhood. We facilitated the building of a rammed earth bag support structure (pad) for the new rain water […]
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