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Passive House Days 2019
Come visit the Maple Bay Passive House during Passive house Days, 2019! The Maple Bay Passive House will be open on Saturday, November 9, 12-4pm. 526 Maple Mountain Rd, Maple Bay, BC Hope to see you there! The house in … Continue reading
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Maple Bay Passive House – airtight!
Wowza, time is flying! And construction on the Maple Bay Passive House is coming along nicely. The envelope is made airtight with taped 3/4” plywood, Siga Majrex air barrier membrane for the roof, and windows installed. The blower-door test proved … Continue reading
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Why material choice becomes more important when building energy efficient homes.
About a month ago I attended the Passive House Conference in Vancouver where Chris Magwood from the Endeavor Centre presented his research on the impact of materials choice in the building of a Passive House (or any other super insulated … Continue reading
Posted in Natural Building, Passive House, Sustainable Building, Uncategorized, Zero-Energy
Tagged carbon neutral, carbon positive, carbon sequestering
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UN: Zero-Carbon Buildings urgently Needed | BuildingGreen
‘The numbers don’t lie. To keep global warming at tolerable levels, the building industry has to change—radically and rapidly. That’s the message of a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The Global Status Report 2017 sounds a red alert: “near-zero-energy, zero-emissions … Continue reading
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Passive House is for wimps : TreeHugger
‘PassiveHouse is for wimps; the Powerhouse standard is crazy tough. And these Norwegians do it in the dark.’ Powerhouse energy standard = Passive House + Net-Zero Energy, including all embodied energy over the life time of the building! This hotel, … Continue reading
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Tagged Norway, Powerhouse, Zero-Energy
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Niagara Market & Apartments
The Niagara Market building in Victoria, BC has been amazingly transformed! When Seamus McKeating & Jennifer Gunter bought the building a little over a year ago it needed an overhaul. We tossed around ideas on how to refresh the building … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Renovations
Tagged community, heritage, james bay, niagara grocery, niagara market, Renovation, repurpose, retrofit, revitalisation, up-cycling, urban, urban living, victoria
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House in Nelson, BC
Here’s a project I’ve been working on lately; a small, efficient house in Nelson, BC, designed for a young family with an active outdoor lifestyle. The 30′ narrow lot poses some challenges, but it’s going to be an efficient unit. The … Continue reading
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Multi-functional Building
These just in! 24×32′ multi-functional building nestled in the trees on the slopes of Kootenay Lake. One open space under a timber roof, with a porch, garage doors and a view of Kootenay Lake. Job well done by Shawn Handley … Continue reading
Posted in Passive Solar Design, Projects
Tagged multi-functional, open space, passive solar, timber frame
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Building Passive House with Natural Materials
Recently I had the pleasure to see Bjørn Kierulf of Createrra Architects in Slovakia, give a presentation at BUILDEX Vancouver, about Passive Houses built with natural materials. Natural Passive House Driven by the desire to build Passive Houses as natural as possible, … Continue reading
Posted in Natural Building, Passive House
Tagged Clay Plaster, Innovation, Natural Building, Non-Toxidity, Passive House, PassivHaus, Straw, Wood
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