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Community Building Community: The Seventh Day Adventist Church
Coolearth was hired to build a new church for 138 parishioners on a property in Machar Township, a 2-hour drive south of Sudbury. The new building is fashioned with a well-lit foyer, a sanctuary that includes a full-immersion baptismal font – the grand feature of the church – and because the church stressed the need […]
Read moreBreezeway House – Permaculture Design
Working closely with the clients for the Breezeway house, who have a passion for wildlife, birds, and nature, has been a great job. We have just completed the first phase, the Permaculture Masterplan for the site. See below for some images from the final masterplan document. Through observation, mapping, and integrated design strategies we created […]
Read moreGreen Ontario Fund – Rebates Available
The Ontario Cap and Trade Carbon program is up and running and almost $500-million is being invested in rebates for energy efficiency upgrades for Ontario homeowners. In this blog post we will give a quick overview to people in Ontario looking to perform Energy Retro-fits and improve energy efficiency and comfort. With rising electricity costs […]
Read moreBuilding Show 2017 Follow-up: Net-zero Retrofit
Thank you to everyone who made it out to the Seminar Sheena Sharp gave on Thursday, November 30th, entitled: Net-Zero Upgrade to an Existing Semi-Detached House – Construction Follow-up. There were many more architects in attendance this year’s talk. This is good news, as it shows that the discussion of sustainability is reaching further into […]
Read moreBuilding Show 2017 – Seminar
We are getting excited — this Thursday, November 30th, Sheena Sharp, a principal at Coolearth Architecture, will be presenting a Seminar as part of the Building Show 2017. If you are interested in attending, please let us know, we have a few complimentary tickets for the seminar. Otherwise, we hope to see you there! […]
Read moreGreen Energy Doors Open 2017: Net-zero Energy Retrofit – Tour
We are currently completing the energy retrofit of existing semi-detached home in Toronto, so that it will be Net-zero. This house will act as a case study and demonstration that it is possible to retrofit existing homes (single-family homes are a major contributor to Ontario’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions) in our climate. We invite you to […]
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