2012 | Green Building

Yearly Archives: 2012

Life in the Trenches: How Solar Projects Really Work (or Don’t)

Life in the Trenches: How Solar Projects Really Work (or Don’t) By Derek Satnik, P.Eng., LEED® AP When I was a kid I used to love lego. My brother and I could....

Kongats Architects

Kongats Architects Distinctive and Energy-Friendly The inertia of the creative and social forces that make us human have resulted in a dominance of the planet in ways that are inevitable, sometimes destructive,....

Say ‘No’ to Man Against Nature

Say 'No' to Man Against Nature The harmony of the Termobuild radiant system English students learn that stories are usually about man against man, man against himself or man against nature. In....

Cogeneration Efficiencies Conserve Energy

CHP Efficiencies Conserve Energy With a decrease in natural gas prices, and the possibility that lower prices will continue in the foreseeable future, there has been an increased interest in the....

International Green Construction Code

International Green Construction Code IgCC offers a new code baseline for greener building construction The 2012 International Green Construction Code (IgCC) was released in late March in Washington. It will provide specific direction....

Making it look Easy in Toronto and New Orleans

Making it look Easy in Toronto and New Orleans The three-step Dowsett design system One: Start with conservation to reduce the energy demand of a building. Two: rely on passive sources of....

The Power of Content Marketing

The Power of Content Marketing By Marylene Vestergom With so many marketing options available to target B2B customers, how do you effectively employ your advertising dollars to reach your audience? How can....

To Heat or Not to Heat – SolarWall taps sun from Stratford to Spain

Next time you travel to Stratford in southwestern Ontario to get your fix of Shakespeare, look carefully at the walls of the Avon Theatre. Not only does the black cladding....

BREEAM Comes to Canada

News that a four-storey, 40,000-square-foot multi-tenant medical office building, planned for construction in Stouffville, Ontario, will seek certification through the BRE Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) marks a milestone for the....

Modular Construction: Prefab Reduces Residential Footprint

Hush: Seeing green through the customer’s eyes By Saul Chernos Hush and its president Naheel Suleman have enjoyed early success building luxury houses in the Toronto area. The Ontario Home Builders’ Association decreed....