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Visit us @ the Green Living Show, April 7-9th
We invite you to join us at the upcoming Toronto Green Living Show on April 7-9th at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Coolearth Architecture’s booth is 1546. At the Green Living Show we will be sharing a plan to make your home Net-zero in five years. Homes in the GTA use a substantial amount of […]
Read moreHigh Performance House Progress
This high-performance house is starting to feel warmer, even though the winter remains! After all the wiring and pipes were finished, the blown fibreglass was installed. The installers were very careful filling up all the gaps between the pipes and cables. They tested the density of the blown fibreglass in certain areas to ensure that […]
Read moreOntario Energy and Water Benchmarking has been Implemented!
At Coolearth we began calling for the Energy and Water benchmarking almost three years ago, so it is heartening to see it implemented last week. At that time we thought the most likely initiative would be via the City of Toronto, but since then Toronto partnered up with Ontario to implement a province-wide policy. We […]
Read morePembina Institute unGALA 2017
Sheena was at the Pembina Institute’s unGALA last Thursday. It was held in he Fermenting Cellar in the distillery district: a beautiful example of post-and-beam architecture. The theme was “Cowgirls and Cowboys ride herd on climate policy“ and there was certainly a lot to talk about what with an unusually mild — and grey […]
Read moreInterior Design & Interior Renovations
“Thank you for all your hard work. We have really enjoyed the process with you and we are pleased with the final plans. You are truly professionals and very knowledgeable in your field, and it has been more than pleasant dealing with you and your firm throughout.” Quote from the owners of this house. If […]
Read moreMaking Net-Zero Commercial Buildings a Reality – @ Construct Canada
This Thursday Sheena Sharp, a principal at Coolearth, and Trevor Nightingale, the Program Leader, High Performance Buildings at National Research Council will present a seminar entitled “Making Net-Zero Commercial Buildings a Reality”. From the Construct Canada Website: For the early adopters, it is typically not a simple ROI but rather there are often less tangible […]
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