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Real estate

Farnham Avenue House

...House Canada, Winter 2014/15 issue. Kyle England is an architect with William Dewson Architects. Farnham Avenue House is a single-family detached residential infill project. Some of the eco-friendly design aspects are time honoured such as, vertical ventilation and natural daylight shafts, dynamic cross ventilation,...

Architecture and plan design

3D printed homes: Is this the future of residential construction?

...house on any site, quickly and at as low a cost as we've read? Does the 3D home printing technology really offer these benefits? We dug deeper into the subject. Layer by layer printing of a 3D concrete house © ICON What are the advantages and disadvantages of 3D printed houses? Construction time for 3D printed houses...

Concept and design

Buying a property to renovate and flip as a green home

...house. Brick exteriors require specialized methods like internal wall insulation or exterior cladding, which can drive up costs. On the other hand, homes with wood plank exteriors allow for easier, less costly insulation by simply adding a layer of continuous insulation beneath new siding. The structure and materials o...

Real estate

North America's top ten home renovation TV shows

...House" (1979 - 1989), and of Steve Thomas winning a Daytime Emmy for the heated category of “Outstanding Service Show Host” when he took over from Bob (1989 to 2003). Ahhh heck - I'm showing my age again! All the same, as someone with over 40 years of experience in property renovation, I'd like to gently remind you tha...

Windows and doors

Suspended-film insulating glass windows - A definitive guide for these high-performance windows

...house performance windows when we built our experimental high-performance demonstration homes: like the LEED Platinum Kenogami House, the LEED V4 Platinum Edelweiss House, and the LEED Platinum solar air heated S-1600 Wakefield House. What are suspended-film insulating glass windows? What we personally have yet to try,...

Architecture and plan design

Prefab Homes for Sale - Beautiful & Sustainable - Available Now

...tiny house style loft space prefab eco home, which doesn't have an enclosed bedroom but is designed as a flexible living space with Murphy bed. Ideal as a cabin for 2, an ADU or a very comfortable prefab home office. If looking for a Tiny Home on wheels for sale - read this first Worth noting that the bonus solariums ...

Planning and Design

Prefab & modular construction poised for dramatic growth in 2020

...house that costs next to nothing to operate at the same price as a traditional house, why would you build one any other way?" and why if looking to build an affordable modern LEED certified or Zero Net Energy home it makes sense to consider a prefab kit like these for Ontario, Quebec, Maine, New York, New Hampshire or ...

Green building certifications

Net zero energy homes Canadian pilot results

...house construction has to be scalable and not stray too far too quickly from the current norms that builders are familiar with. What are Net Zero Energy Homes? In a nut shell, a Net Zero Energy House is one that produces as much energy as it consumes. It starts with an energy efficient building envelope, high-quality ...

Delivery: radiant, forced-air and decentralized

Design and construction of frost-protected shallow foundations with radiant heat

...house. Air heated by those solar panels in winter, when the sun's angle is lower, will be fed into the floor heating radiant system, which will reduce the energy demand on the heater coil. Conversely and cleverly, in summer if the heat isn't needed in the house, the heat is diverted to an air/water heat exchanger for h...

Green building certifications

Powerhouse: the new standard for positive energy design

...house Drøbak Montessori Secondary School in Norway © Powerhouse Another way that Powerhouse stands out is how the energy balance must be calculated; it assumes a 60 year operational phase and specifies that the project's energy production must come from renewable sources located on or near the building. Is Powerhouse ...

Concept and design

Resilient design features for new home construction

...House built in the 1970s that inspired the original German Passivhaus / Passive House trend. Those were his words when asked to reflect on the home design he was part of that started a global movement towards extremely high-performing homes. The less complicated and more ‘passive’ your home is, the better the chance it...