Entries Tagged as 'Green Building'
Ten Green Building Myths
Setting the record straight on common misunderstandings…
Just for fun, I’ve rounded up ten oft-repeated statements that are either half-truths or outright falsehoods. I’m sure some readers will disagree with my conclusions; if you’re one of them, don’t hesitate to post a comment.
Tags: GBA · Green Building · Myths
Strange that I needed to find out about this accident through a foreign source, 3 months after the fact… but there you go. Thank you internet.
The Alstonvale Net Zero House (in Hudson) burned to the ground late May. Word on the street (i.e. stuff I gleaned from this article) leads people to believe it was […]
Tags: Alstonvale Net Zero House · Fire · Spray Foam
Ten years ago, Gale was a builder and flipper of office parks who would eventually become known for knocking down the Boston landmark Filene’s Basement and replacing it with a hole in the ground. But Gale’s fate began to change in 2001 with a phone call from South Korea. The Korean […]
Tags: Sim City · Urban Planning
Is this guy overreaching yet
Milking the the successful run of Holmes on Homes, Mikie has since built a home in New Orleans, ‘wrote’ a home Inspection Guide, launched a Home Inspection show… and now… a magazine.
I’m a sucker for all things reno, the way I figure, if even one thing in the magazine can save […]
Tags: Holmes on Homes · Magazine · Renovation
I just received a note regarding a course being offered at the end of September in Montreal. Hosted by Green Roofs for Healthy Cities it will involve the following topics:
Identifying the costs and benefits of green roofs to reach your green roof performance goals;
Identifying a variety of green roof products and understanding the performance criteria […]
Tags: Education · Green Roof · Montreal
Tasty lobster rolls in a shiny cool box! Anyone try this shop out yet? You have to watch the neat vid on their site.
Tags: Lobster Rolls · Montreal · MuvBox · Old Port
ok. Quebecers went from using 5 million plastic bags a month to 1.5 million a month after major grocery stores started charging a nickel per. Nice. Here’s the next step/leap. Time to move way past the small stuff and rethink our construction practices. We don’t need to reinvent anything during the design process, there are […]
Tags: Green Building · Hannaford Supermarket · LEED · Maine · Platinum
check check check it out.
www.greenbuildingadvisor.com
Plenty of examples/references and green porn to keep you busy.
Tags: Green Building · greenbuildingadvisor · reference
Tags: Awesome · fuelcell · geothermal · Solar · youtube
As mentioned below by faithful commenter ‘the milliner’ people are often looking for alternatives to the way it used to be. That being not giving a shit about the products we ingest or bring into our homes. Options are becoming more readily available for every recipe, for every project. Take plywood, please.
Columbia, North America’s largest […]
Tags: Birch · Formaldehyde-free · Maple · Montreal · Plywood · Purebond · Veneer
We took part in Montreal’s Urban Ecology Centre sponsored event a few weeks ago and attended a few great workshops like:
Heat island effect and how to cool the city
Cote-St-Luc’s pilot (now going full steam ahead) compost program
Green roof design
Eco Habitation presentation on building greener
Part of the Heat island effect workshop involved a little tour of […]
Tags: Compost · Cote St Luc · Green Roof · Heat Island · Milton Park · Montreal · Urban Ecology Centre
treehugger notes some of the highlights from this years governor general awards.
Tags: architecture awards · gg · Green Building