Green Building Resource Guide

Green Building Stores

• Eco Building Resource
• Living Rooms
• Sustain Eco Store
• Timeless Material Company

 

Building and Design Services

Architects

• Heather Dubbeldam
• Stone’s Throw Design

Contractors

• Chris Phillips
• Tim Singbeil
• Sylvia Cook (rammed earth homes)
• The Fourth Pig

 

Building Envelope

Foundation Wrap and sealers:

• DMX Flex Sheet Foundation Wrap
• Bakor 700-01 Waterproof Foundation Coating

Insulated Concrete Forms:

• Durisol
• ARXX

Insulation:

• UltraTouch Cotton Insulation
• Heatlok/Polar Soy Foam Insulation
• Reflectix Reflective Panel Insulation
• Durafoam Low Expansion Window and Door Insulation

SIPS (structural insulated panels):

• Fischer SIPS
• Thermapan SIPS

 

Venting Products for Building Envelopes:

• Accuvent for Cathedral Ceilings

 

Sealants and Adhesives:

• LePage’s Green Series Products
• Adbond
• AFM Safecoat
• Eco-Bond Sealants and Adhesives

 

Windows:

• Inline Fiberglass
• Sage Glass Electronically Tinted Windows

 

Wood Products (excluding Flooring):

I. Millwork materials

• Kirei Wheatboard
• Nu Green “NAUF” particle board

 

II. FSC lumber

• Tembec
• Columbia Forest Products

 

Mechanical Systems (HVAC, Hot Water, etc.)

Furnaces:

• Kenmore High Efficiency Natural Gas with ECM
• Allied Boiler MiniStar
• Dynacurrent Heatwave Furnace

Heat/Energy Recovery Ventilator:

• Venmar Constructo 1.0
• Recouperator 200DX ERV

 

Heating Units:

• Jaga Radiators
• EdenPure Infrared Heaters
• Hydronic Radiant Heat
• Redwell Infrared Heaters

Cooling Units:

• Kenmore Energy Star Central Air Conditioning Unit

 

Hot Water Heaters and Accessories

• About Tankless Water Heater Systems
• Bosch Tankless Hot Water Heaters
• Power Pipe Drain Water Heat Recovery Unit

 

Interior 

Indoor Air Quality

• Home Air Quality Guides

Counter top and tile material

• CaesarStone
• Cambria Quartz
• Eco by Cosentino
• IceStone
• PaperStone
• Polytrazzo
• Concrete Elegance

Coatings and Paints:

• American Clay
• Homestead House Milk and Acrylic Paints
• Mythic Paint
• Ozone Paints
• SafeCoat Products
• Allback linseed oil paints
• Green Planet Paints
• Auro Lime Paint 

Flooring

I. Bamboo

• Nadurra
• Earthweave
• Plyboo

II. Carpet

• Earthweave
• Flor
• Wool Carpets (Read here for more specific details and local Toronto retailers)
• Earthweave(jute and sisal)

III. Cork Flooring

• Jelinek Cork Flooring
• Earthweave
• Earthweave

IV. FSC Wood Flooring

• Earthweave
• Nadurra

V. Natural Linoleum

• Marmoleum

VI. Reclaimed Wood Flooring

• Antiquity Flooring
• Aquatimber
• Century Wood
• Country Wood
• Logs End
• Nostalgic Wood
• Timeless Materials

VII. Porcelain Tile

• Accoya

Lighting:

• evoLED
• EcoFitt
• Heron LED Personal Task Light
• Sylvania RT4 LED Recessed
• Sylvania Ultra LED A line 100W replacement

Kitchen Products

• Heritage Finishes Kitchen Cabinets
• Novanni Sinks
• Tapmaster

Outdoor Landscaping

• Energy-Wise Landscaping (book review)
• Envirobond Joint Compounds
• Unilock Permeable Pavers
• Rain Barrels from Sustainable Solutions
• Using Less Water in the Garden

Window Coverings

• Pure Screen Fabric

Water Efficiency Products

I. Water Fixtures

• Delta WaterSense Labelled Showerheads with H2Okinetic Technology
• EcoFitt
• Oxygenics
• Fluid Emperor Faucet
• Watermark’s Titanium22 Collection Faucet
• Hastings Chelsea H125 Faucet

II. Toilets

• About Toilet Rating Systems
  • Caroma Dual Flush
  • Niagara Flapperless 4.5l
  • Proficiency 3l

III. Gray water and Water cisterns and Rainbarrels

• Brac Residential Gray Water System
• Rainwater H2OG`

Furniture and Accessories:

• The Cork House
• Essentia Mattresses
• Greentea Design
• Natura Mattresses
• Montauk
• The ReCYCLEr
• ReOrient
• Snob
• Style Garage
• Urban Tree Salvage
• Whitewash Furniture

Prefabricated/Modular Homes

• Blu Homes
• Nexterra

“Green” Houses

• 301 Munroe
• Canada’s First Passive House Certified Home
• Earthquake Proof Home and Earthquake Proof Home Revisited — An update
• John Bell’s Green Home
• Living Home (PreFab)
• Massachusetts Garage made from dirt and old tires
• Rammed Earth Home and Rammed Earth Home Revisited –An update
• Rosedale House and Rosedale House Revisited — An update
• Guatemalan School and Community Centre

Resource Articles

• A Rating System for toilets
• An Introduction to Induction Cooktops
• Are Stone Counter Tops Eco-Friendly?
• Are Toronto’s Waste Initiatives Working?
• Beware of Greenwash
• Building a Home Taking Embodied Energy Into Account
• The Benefits of Wool Carpeting
• Developing an Ecologo Standard
• Different Hot Water Heater Options
• Earthweave
• How to Talk to your Contractor About Using Green Building Materials
• Tips for Choosing the Right Solar Panels and Installers
• What Makes a Cabinet and Cabinet Company Green?
• What to Consider when Purchasing New Appliances

 

Energy Efficiency Articles:

• I. Benchmarking Your Electricity Use
• II. A Do it Yourself Plug and Lighting Load Audit
• III. Cutting Your Electricity Use: Observing Your Family’s Behaviour
• IV. Creating and Implementing an Action Plan
• Improving your Home’s Energy Efficiency: The Financial Case
• Passive House in a Canadian Climate
• Why Hire an Energy Auditor?
• Zerofootprint: Energy Efficiency through software, architectural design, and human behaviour

Living Green Products

• Gloves Off Cleaners
• iQ Smart Cleaners
• Nature Mill Accelerated Composter

Energy Efficiency Products and Services

• Ecobee Thermostat
• Kill A Watt
• Lowfoot.com
• Plug Load Measurement
• Power Cost Monitor
• The Talking Plug

Renewable Energy Products

Wind Turbines:

• Urban Green Energy
• Wind Simplicity Micro Wind Turbine