When high-performance projects reach procurement, the most important decisions are rarely simple. On one Passive House residential project in Toronto, the client received a materially lower quote for a Passive House-certified window package from an alternate supplier. The price difference was significant enough that it had to be taken seriously. But window selection for a …
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This post helps building owners and architects choose the best-fit green building certification. It introduces a free strategy quiz and breaks down options like LEED, Passive House, Zero Carbon Buildings, Green Globes, and more.
LEED v5 for architects and developers marks a major shift in how we define high-performance buildings in a carbon-constrained world. The most recent version of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design® is now open for new project registrations in both Canada and across North America. In this article, we’ll explore this new version of the …
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This is the third in a series of posts about designing for resiliency. In the first post, our Founder and CEO, Sandra Leigh Lester, spoke about a catastrophic weather event that affected her home town when she was a child and how it continues to inspire her work.
This is the second of a series of posts about designing for resiliency. In our last post, our Founder and CEO, Sandra Leigh Lester, spoke about a catastrophic weather event that affected her home town when she was a child and how it continues to inspire her work.
What does the next unpredicted catastrophic event hold for your business? This is the first of a series of posts about designing for resiliency. Actually, “unpredicted” is a misnomer. Lots of work is being done globally on modelling climate and predicting weather events. Note that climate and weather are not interchangeable. Changing overall patterns is …
Are You Making a Positive Difference? For how long now, have you been saying you’re going to build something that makes a difference? As a leader in your industry instead of a follower. It could be revolutionary. When are you going to do a development that is actually worth building, really worth building. Worth the …
Let’s use financial risk management for a couple of different possible future scenarios.
There are significant differences between LEED 2009 for New Construction and Major Renovation in Canada. Today we are going to talk about the old Sustainable Sites Category that changes to Location to Linkages. There is a new LEEDv4 Credit that rewards projects that are located within the boundary of a LEED ND project. Good luck …
The surface reflectance value is noted on most paints. Choose one with a LRV that is too low and you create a space that needs more lighting,
