Q&A with George Younan of Bendable Solutions

by editor | May 18, 2014 | Company Q&As, Interviews

What does your business do?  We are a custom eco-friendly manufacturer of various products ranging from interior flex-trim mouldings to floor cleaning products. How long have you been in operation? We have been in operation for approximately two and a half years. Can...

EARTHEN CONSTRUCTION: Q&A with Satprem Maini, director of Auroville Earth Institute

by editor | Nov 4, 2012 | Interviews

As the Asia representative for the UNESCO Earthen Architecture program, the Auroville Earth Institute in South India is a great source for people wanting to learn earthen construction. In addition to building, they conduct research and development, operate training...

JASON F. MCLENNAN: Less bad is not good enough

by editor | Jul 25, 2012 | Green Building Practices, Interviews

  “I believe in the 3/4-baked philosophy. People chase perfection—trying to ‘fully bake’ their ideas before they share them with the world. Too many people end up never sharing their ideas, songs, dreams, novels, and inventions. The 3/4-baked philosophy is about...

HOME PERFORMANCE TESTING: Q&A with home performance pro Corbett Lunsford

by editor | Jul 24, 2012 | Green Building Practices, Interviews

Corbett Lunsford has performed hundreds of comprehensive home performance assessments as technical director of Green Dream Group and has also written Home Performance Diagnostics: the Guide to Advanced Testing. In this Q&A he answers some common questions about...

COMPRESSED EARTH BLOCKS: Interview with Advanced Earthen Construction Technologies’ Lawrence Jetter

by editor | Jul 18, 2012 | Green Building Materials, Green Building Practices, Interviews

Earth. The abundant resource is locally accessible almost everywhere on Earth. The ease of transportation alone makes it a fine green building material, but its benefits are much more than just that. It’s non-toxic, has a high thermal mass, low embodied energy and is...

SOLAR SEASONAL STORAGE: Q&A with Doug McClenahan of NRCan

by editor | Jul 9, 2012 | Green Building Practices, Interviews

Space heating accounts for 29 per cent of personal greenhouse gas emissions in Canada, second only to passenger road transportation. Other northern countries also face the space heating challenge when trying to attain environmental sustainability. Doug McClenahan of...

BENEFITS OF COMPRESSED EARTH BLOCKS: Interview with Dan Powell of EarthTek

by editor | Jul 4, 2012 | Green Building Materials, Green Building Practices, Interviews

Green Building Canada interviewed Dan Powell, owner of EarthTek, a New Mexico-based compressed earth block machine manufacturer, to get the details on some of compressed earth blocks’ (CEB) many benefits and the advantages and disadvantages of interlock blocks...