Coolearth Architecture: Ontario Architects specializing in Energy Efficient, Sustainable, Beautiful, and Sustainable Buildings

Coolearth Architecture Inc. provides sustainable building envelope services, energy modeling, and policy research on net zero and retrofits. Through sustainable design and collaboration, we deliver eco-friendly solutions that enhance building function, comfort, and efficiency for municipalities, NGOs, and industries.

Coolearth Architecture Inc. designs sustainable, efficient, and beautiful homes, including Passive Houses and retrofits. Using building science and thermal bridge modeling, Coolearth enhances energy performance, comfort, and resilience, ensuring lasting beauty and durability.

Coolearth Architecture Inc. offers consultation and architecture services for municipalities and private developers, supporting projects from analysis to completion. We design functional, beautiful, and comfortable spaces that align with clients’ missions, enhance efficiency, and inspire users.

The Principal of Coolearth, Sheena Sharp, is frequently called upon as an Expert Witness to assist in disputes involving work executed by others. Her role involves providing detailed explanations and professional insights to help clarify technical issues for the Court during litigation or mediation processes.

Coolearth Architecture, in joint venture with CS&P Architecture has created an innovative Net Zero Energy childcare facility for the City of Toronto, Children Services Department.

This private residence and guesthouse design was inspired by the site, with the goals of having a minimalist and beautiful home that was also high performance. These principles come together to create a building with a timeless and considered presence on the site. The project is constructed from stabilized rammed earth in variegated light cream colours, and shaped to harvest the sun in winter/fall and shelter the building in the summer from the hot sun.

The project is a 51-unit Multi-Unit Residential Building of affordable rental housing for Seniors, located on a plot of underutilized land donated by the City of Sudbury. Coolearth created a beautiful, energy efficient, Net Zero energy, simple yet functional building, which is also accessible, designed for aging in-place, and cost-effective.

As the first compassionate care home in Orillia, the Mariposa House Hospice offers 5 beds (with a potential 5-bed addition in the future) for its residents to receive assistance and support during their last days in a space that feels like a home or cottage.

Located in Toronto’s Danforth neighbourhood, the Sammon Passive House home has the advantages of a newly-constructed Passive House, including increased comfort, resilience, durability, and energy savings of almost 75-90 per cent of typical homes, but it is a deep retrofit of an existing 80 year old building.

Coolearth was asked to design a 2200 sqft permanent residence for a couple looking to move to their dream property on a lake near Parry Sound, Ontario. We worked with them to identify their needs and designed the house to suite their vision.