Reducing environmental impact one house at a time By: greening homes

February 22, 2019
Indoor Health, Resource Efficiency, Site Stories, Transportation, Waste Diversion

Ontario’s building sector produces 21 percent of the province’s greenhouse gases, making it the third largest contributor, next to transportation and industry. Clearly, much needs to be done to reduce this sector’s environmental impact. Happily, in our experience, much can be done to do so, without adding that much more to a project’s budget. In […]

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Keep it rolling: Toronto’s Bike Month By: greening homes

May 30, 2017
Greening Homes' Team, Transportation

It seems that Toronto’s Bike Month is on a roll. Launching this week and running throughout June, Bike Month will likely attract more people as a result of more bike lanes that have popped up in the city in recent years. It may surprise you to learn that Bike Month is an initiative of the […]

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Every week is Healthy Commute Week By: greening homes

August 21, 2015
Community, Site Stories, Transportation

One of our core pillars is smart transportation to and from the job site. Rather than fill up the streets with trucks, our crew walk from the nearest TTC stop or lock up their bicycles. Managers drive an electric smart car to travel from site to site. So deciding to participate in Pollution Probe’s Healthy […]

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