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A Quick Basement Ceiling Renovation Using Hemp Insulation
Renovating a basement ceiling for sound-proofing and brighter lighting. We used hemp insulation and 4″ LED pot lights
Builders For Climate Action Helps Builders Address Climate Change
Builders for climate action on a mission to help builders and designers understand that material choices make an impact on climate change.
Four Eco-Building Materials of the Future
As the world is changing, many things about technology, science, health system, etc. are improved. New machines and gadgets are invented, the purpose of which is to make our lives better and easier. In recent years, a vast majority of different organisations and...
A Straw Bale Home Q&A with the Fourth Pig Sustainable Builders
About a month ago I posted an article written by Terrell Wong, an architect specializing in sustainable building and design, about a straw bale addition to a home she had designed. She was frustrated because the city of Toronto denied it even though the city had built...
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...
May – New Products from Eco Building Resource
Kevin Royce at Eco Building Resource sent me a list of new products he has available. New Eco Products In Stock For ________________________________________________________ Solatube 160DSe (10") Provides the ultimate in energy-efficient day-lighting....
Waste Not…Kitchen Renovation
I hate waste. It makes me cringe, so putting garbage bags out for pick up is not something I do lightly. My mind travels with the garbage and goes to the landfill site, and it stays there, as does the garbage, well, forever. So, I try to put as little into garbage as...
New Products at Eco Building Resource!
New products from Kevin Royce over at Eco Building Resource: Enviro Poxy EP 100 An advanced environmentally friendly, two component, 100% solids epoxy coating system. No VOC's. No solvents. No water. No harmful fumes and virtually no odor. Canadian Food Inspection...
CarbonCure Technology Sequesters Carbon Dioxide in Concrete
Every year at GreenBuild (the US green building conference and expo), green building guru Alex Wilson reveals his top ten favourite new green products. These products are carefully thought out and vetted, and are considered the best of the best. If you're not familiar...
AirRenew VOC “eating” Gypsum Board Improves Indoor Air Quality
AirRenew is a really neat new product developed by CertainTeed that actually works to reduce the volume of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in an indoor space. AirRenew cleans indoor air by metabolizing the aldehyde family of volatile organic...
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