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Is High Performance a Luxury or the Most Prudent Choice?
Let’s use financial risk management for a couple of different possible future scenarios. The additional costs to go beyond code requirements into the realm of high…
Hire Us BEFORE You Hire Your Architect
Hiring an architect is a speciality service that deserves a speciality-level of expertise. We work hard to keep ourselves up-to-date on the latest trends and…
Buildings Are To Blame for Making Us Miss Our Climate Targets
There is no doubt. Buildings are to blame. We are going to miss our climate targets because of our crappy buildings.
Designing for Better Infection Control
Experts are starting to realize that Covid-19 will be with us for the long term. How do we rethink office space design so that it is more like being in the outdoors?
Land a Project That Goes for Living Building Certification
What is a Living Building? The Living Building Challenge was started by the Cascadia Green Building Council and has become a separate certification in its own right, based on a system of Petals.
How to Know If Your Building Is Performing at Its Potential
Let’s get the bad news over with first. Your building is definitely not performing at its potential.
What is a Synergistic Deep Retrofit™?
I've been a little obsessed with how buildings are designed since I took a trip to the...
LEED 2009 – Getting It Done!
We just put in two projects for LEED Certification this afternoon. It feels good! There...
LEED 2009 vs. LEEDv4: A Quick Comparison (Part 1 – Sites)
There are significant differences between LEED 2009 for New Construction and Major...
We are so… screwed!! (Part 3)
What does the next unpredicted catastrophic event hold for your business? This is the...
We are so… screwed!! (Part 2)
What does the next unpredicted catastrophic event hold for your business? This is the...
We are so… screwed!!
What does the next unpredicted catastrophic event hold for your business? This is the...
Are You Making a Positive Difference?
Are You Making a Positive Difference? For how long now, have you been saying you're...
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Opportunities available: PART-TIME GREEN BUILDING STRATEGIST The Part-time Green...
Building Energy Performance Benchmarking
by Guest Blogger, Ian Theaker, Associate, at Ecolibrium Strategies Inc. Better building...
Public Art in Toronto Gets Powered Up!
Great to hear that the building integrated photovoltaic system at Enwave Theatre at...
LEED 2009 Closes Loopholes But Does It Address Climate Change?
Today I had a cursory foray into LEED 2009. I like a lot of the advancements that have...
Rejuvenating Retail on the Danforth
Today I met with James at The One Cafe, just east of Jones, on the north side of...