Aspera Recycling and Greentree Provide Carpet Recycling for the Maritimes
I’ve written about Aspera Recycling before. They already work with a few municipalities and retailers in Ontario to keep old carpet out of landfill. For those who live in the Maritimes, here is some...
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Solar Decathlon 2013 Entrant: Team Alberta
Exterior of Borealis, Team Alberta's entry into the Solar Decathlon, 2013 In a previous post I wrote about the Solar Decathlon, created and hosted by the US Department of Energy every two years. In...
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BONE Structure Brings You Beautiful, Resilient, Energy Efficient Houses
BONE Structure home I had heard about BONE Structure through a few different sources, but had yet to take a tour of the facility until recently. Marc-André Bovet, President of the company, took time...
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Redwell Infrared Space Heaters
Redwell infrared heater - art panel For those of us who live in drafty old homes, this is the time of year when the space heaters get pulled out. They are great for rooms where the central heating...
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Scotiabank’s Ecoliving Awards Now Open!
The Scotiabank Ecoliving award rewards Canadian businesses, innovators and students in the field of home energy efficiency products and services. The purpose is to showcase the great work that is...
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A Tour of Maison de Développement Durable, Equiterre’s Headquarters
Living wall in lobby of Maison de Development Durable “Maison de Développement Durable” (MDD) Centre for Sustainable Development is a 6 storey office building a little to the east of Place des Arts on...
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Caroma Sydney Smart Point 8, high efficiency toilet, virtually clogless
Caroma Sydney Smart 0.8 (elongated bowl) I am a big fan of Caroma toilets, and, to be honest, it’s not the water saving feature I admire most — that’s a prerequisite for any toilet I look at. What...
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Green Planet Paints – Zero VOC, Petroleum Free
Green Planet Paints Ed. Note: After reading this article, Ted Sosniki, President and CEO of Go Green World Products, LLC, manufacturer of Green Planet Paints, offered some additional and helpful advice...
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Semi Rigid Cork Insulation
I have decided that this year’s theme for building materials will be waste. Specifically, I will feature products made from waste material, products that produce little waste during manufacture,...
View ArticleCarbonCure Technology Sequesters Carbon Dioxide in Concrete
Every year at GreenBuild (the US green building conference and expo), green building guru Alex Wilson reveals his top ten favourite new green products. These products are carefully thought out and...
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A Visit to Living Rooms — A Healthy Home Store in Kingston, Ontario
On yet another monotonous drive down the 401 (thank goodness for audiobooks!) from Montreal to Toronto, I broke up the trip with a stop in Kingston. Living Rooms, owned by two brothers, John and...
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Allback Paints Made From Pure Organic Linseed Oil and 100% Petroleum Free
It seems that whenever you find one “new” product, others come out of the woodwork soon after. In this case I’m referring to the plant-based paint brand, Green Planet Paints, which I wrote about in...
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Sheep’s Wool Insulation in Batts and Loose Fill
One of the products I’ve been keeping my eye on is an insulation that is made from wool remnants from sheep sheering. I’d first seen it on Building Green where Alex Wilson has written about it, but...
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March 22nd is World Water Day
Since 1993, March 22nd has been World Water Day as designated by the United Nations. The day is marked to help raise awareness about the basic human right we all share to access safe drinking water....
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Straw Bale SIP Walls by NatureBuilt
Red Rock Waterfront Centre, Red Rock, Ontario In green building circles it is generally acknowledged that prefab or modular homes are more environmentally friendly than traditional stick built on site...
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Recycled Granite Has Lots of Design Possiblities
Granite Scraps, normally sent to landfill In keeping with my theme of writing about products made from waste material, I was contacted by a company called Green Stone Granite, based in Guelph, Ontario....
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Outdoor Spring Cleaning Checklist
Carson Arthur, Landscape Designer Carson Arthur, Landscape designer and TV personality writes about how to tackle your outdoor spring clean-up. Carson sits very much in the green camp and encourages...
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Urban Seedlings — Raised Bed Gardening in Your Own Backyard
A friend of mine told me about this great new company, Urban Seedling. The company, started three years ago by husband and wife team Tereska Gesing and Shawn Manning, specializes in planting raised bed...
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Canada’s Greenest Home is Complete!
Chris Magwood, Executive Director of The Endeavour Centre sent me a note letting me know that Canada’s Greenest Home is now complete and up for sale. As he mentions in his blog post on the subject,...
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All About Mythic Paint
New House! I’m not sure if I mentioned it, but a few months ago we bought a house. We took possession at the beginning of June and have been getting it ready for our move-in date which is fast...
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