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The Ugly Truth About Insulation
If home insulation was a character in a fairy tale, it’d be the plain, hardworking younger sister who never gets the attention her beautiful heart deserves. The flashy, vain and...
Attics and Winter
It is widely known that heat travels up and hot air contains moisture, which means that in a home, heat and thus moisture travel up into the attic. Articles for Insulate Now, and many...
Comfort of Energy Efficient Homes: Discussion at CHBA fall meetings
As we have reported several times, excellent progress is being made to improve the energy efficiency of all new homes. There have been several programs (for example, ECO Energy and Reno Quebec) to...
UBC to build 18-storey wood frame building
Aiming to use more sustainable building materials, the University of British Columbia (UBC) has approved the construction of “Tall Wood Residence”, an 18-storey wood frame structure that will house...
Making the Invisible Visible
Buildings are energy hogs. Nearly half (49.6%) of the total energy consumption of commercial and industrial buildings in Canada is used for heating and cooling spaces, which contributes to 42.9 per...
Canadian Manufactured Housing Institute Design and Technology Forum
There is no longer any doubt that energy efficient buildings are making an impact on the construction industry, now that the Canadian Home Builders Association (CHBA) have the Net Zero...
Does your home have enough insulation?
It’s getting cool again, and before long most of Canada will become cold enough to kill you. And while your house will almost certainly keep you alive this winter, the cold, cruel blast will likely...
Energy Reporting and Benchmarking Requirement Coming to Toronto
Commercial and large residential buildings in Toronto, and perhaps Ontario, could become more energy efficient in the near future. On July 7, 2015, the City Council of Toronto approved a...
Stay Cool in the Summer Heat Wave
There are three simple ways to keep your home cooler in the summer without spending a fortune on air conditioning. No modern science here. These are things we know – but might have forgotten....
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