DEFINING THE PROJECT BUDGET By: greening homes

March 15, 2014
Resource Efficiency, Site Stories

Our involvement in a project usually begins after a design has been completed (although we can be involved earlier as part of an integrated design approach) and we start by reviewing the design, speaking with the clients and/or architect and developing a cost estimate. We then work with the clients and architect to refine the […]

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Live from GreenBuild – Day 4 with Chris By: greening homes

November 23, 2013
Announcements, Site Stories

Chris Phillips, Greening Homes’ President, is attending this year’s GreenBuild conference, in Philadelphia.  This is the fourth and last of his daily blogs from the event. Today is a half day of seminars and the closing plenary, as GreenBuild 2013 closes up for a year before heading to New Orleans, in 2014.   Three seminars […]

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Live from GreenBuild – Day 2 with Chris By: greening homes

November 21, 2013
Announcements, Green Materials, Site Stories

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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Live from GreenBuild – Day 1 with Chris By: greening homes

November 20, 2013
Announcements, Green Materials, Site Stories

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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THESE WALLS CAN TALK… By: greening homes

January 17, 2013
Site Stories

Old homes are abundant. Some have been updated more often or more recently then others, but invariably, a Century old home has had a number of minor or not so minor renovations over the course of its life. Renovating an old house is like peeling back the layers of a giant time capsule. During the […]

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