Greener Yet Stylish Ways to Renovate Your Kitchen
This is a guest post by Robert Kramer. The modern kitchen is a very high-tech, power-hungry part of the household, but that doesn’t mean that it has to hurt the environment. As our homes improve and the world around us suffers, people are turning to greener solutions...The Ugly Side of Summer
This is a guest post by Carson Arthur We spend all winter waiting for it…and for some of us, suffer miserably through it. I’m talking about summer. There is definitely an ugly side to our favourite season that we grin and bear! I’m talking about allergies, molds and...Straw Bale Built Home Declined by Toronto But The City Built one in High Park
My friend, Architect Terrell Wong, a passive house and green building specialist, has been having quite the time with the City of Toronto, trying to get an addition to a home built with straw bale. She figured that since the city had built its own straw bale building...The Importance of an Energy Audit, Using Infrared Imaging
Energy audits are even more effective with an infrared scanner.