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Building / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

Wood and organic materials

Mid-rise construction time-lapse video with CLT & glulam beams

...buildings, including an infographic. Solid wood, CLT and lightweight wood frames are surely the future of low-embodied carbon construction and bio-economic development in Canada, especially for mid-rise buildings: Construction of mid-rise residential buildings - wood v concrete case study LCA for buildings - wo...

Wood and organic materials

The construction of mid-rise residential buildings in Canada - wood or concrete?

...buildings - don't yet occupy their fair share of the market across Canada and North America. For economic and environmental reasons, it's in our common interest to put wood at the forefront of our communities and cities. How do we encourage the transition to wood as the best way to build mid-rise buildings in Canada a...

Planning and Design

Climate Zones in USA & Canada for Building Homes

...Building America marine climate corresponds to those portions of IECC climate zones 3 and 4 located in the “C” moisture category. Building America and IECC Climate Zones The table below shows the relationship between the Building America and IECC climate zones. Building America IECC Subarctic Zone 8 ...

Planning and Design

Zero Carbon Homes - The S1600 Prefab Eco Home gets affordably Close

...building To demonstrate the importance of calculating embodied energy, Ecohome’s Quebec-based affiliate Ecohabitation did a carbon calculation of the Eco-Habitat S1600 prefab kit house using the Athena Impact Estimator for buildings software, which assesses the environmental impact of each building material selection. ...

Planning and Design

Prefab & Modular Construction poised for dramatic growth in 2020

...building professionals to prefab & modular construction methods? Trends in the construction industry, such as shorter project schedules, sustainable construction practices and workforce shortages, are several drivers of wider use of prefab and modular kit buildings. This is driven by technology – such as building i...

Planning and Design

Top tips for planning and building a green home on a budget

...building lot for a green home Finding the right building lot when building a new sustainable home is such a key element and yet often overlooked until it turns out to be an unattainable dream! We agonized over whether this should be our number 1 Top Tip on building a sustainable home - because without the right buildin...

Planning and Design

Find out what's trending in 2020 for Green Home Construction

...building. Using this tool builds on the adoption of BIM or building information modeling, which is another associated construction industry trend that will carry over into 2020. BIM is a way of representing buildings, roads, and utilities through computer-generated images to help contractors visualize a construction pr...

Delivery: radiant, forced-air and decentralized

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

...Building a frost protected shallow foundation (FPSF) is a well-proven alternative to building deeper, more-costly foundations in cold regions with seasonal ground freezing and the potential for frost heave. Traditional foundations for cold climates always extended down under the frost line onto a strip foundation, they...