Learn how to build sustainably, with topics ranging from deep dive comparisons of natural building techniques to insighftful reports on green infrastructure to improving a building’s indoor environmental quality.
A green roof, also known as a living roof or an eco-roof, is essentially a rooftop garden. While they can cost more upfront than a conventional roof, the benefits are huge and the potential long-term savings could pay dividends – […]
I’m Ron Bakker, and I designed this building, and I did not do that by myself. I did it with lots of colleagues, and the team grew and grew and grew, and there are millions of conversations that made
The majority of the energy used by buildings is wasted, resulting in increased energy costs and air pollution. Among C40 cities, this translates to between 50 percent and 75 percent of citywide carbon emissions. Therefore, due to the sheer amount of energy consumed by buildings, urban decision-makers
Tom Mills (host of GreenShortz): I’m with Gretchen Sweeney, and she is part of the USGBC [United States Green Building Council] LEED Team, LEED of course being a building certification program, certify buildings’ performance, but a certification is only as
Chris Phillips: Hi, my name is Chris Phillips and I’m the president of Greening Homes. Greening Homes is a renovations company whose mandate is to minimize our environmental impact on our projects as much as possible. We’ve recently been retained
My name’s Graham Robertson. I’ve been here for about five months, working on construction and getting the infrastructure set up. So what I’ve been doing, as opposed to trying to fill the wall, like all the cracks and holes in
Updated: March 8, 2020 The following text has been transcribed from the Creative Commons-licensed YouTube video directly above. Narrator (Tom Mills): Now, you might think that the wood part of the home, the framing, is the area where you can
The following text has been transcribed from the Creative Commons-licensed YouTube video directly above. Rachel (Narrator): Well, my name’s Rachel Shiamh and we’re here in Pembrokeshire, in West Wales, and we’re at the site of a two-storey, load-bearing straw bale
The following text has been transcribed from the Creative Commons-licensed YouTube video directly above. Host (from Exploring Alternatives): Hey everyone, it’s Danielle from Exploring Alternatives. As you know, we usually share stories about people living in really small spaces, like
SIPs (structural insulated panels) Photographer: Colin Perry Designer/Builder: Lanefab Design/Build Manufacturer: Insulspan Certifications: EnerGuide 90 (see below) Location: Vancouver, B.C., Canada Size: 1,050 square feet (approximately 98 square metres) Petto Chan and his wife, Billie Leung, spent many weekends looking
