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Green Building - An Overview

We hear the term thrown around often, but green building can have many meanings and design approaches. It's more than just solar panels on the roof. Here we explain the different types of green building so you can find out how it will benefit your next project.

Green Building - An Overview

We hear the term thrown around often, but green building can have many meanings and design approaches. It's more than just solar panels on the roof. Here we explain the different types of green building so you can find out how it will benefit your next project.

Green Building - An Overview

A modern passive house with slatted sun shades, black solar roof tiles, wood siding, and a metal overhang to shade the sliding glass door.

Carolyn Feinstein   |   July 01, 2020

Passive House Design

July 01, 2020

Unlike other green building approaches, passive houses aim to reduce environmental impact using energy conservation. So forget that giant furnace and talk to your architect about a passive design.

The Joyce Center at Mohawk College in Ontario is a shining example of Net Zero Energy Building (NZEB) with a design rooted in an energy budget.

Carolyn Feinstein   |   November 13, 2020

Net Zero Energy Building

November 13, 2020

Explore Net Zero Energy Building (NZEB) practices to responsibly produce a building's energy needs through renewable sources while complimenting additional green building practices, like passive house design.

A modern passive house with slatted sun shades, black solar roof tiles, wood siding, and a metal overhang to shade the sliding glass door.

Carolyn Feinstein   |   July 01, 2020

1. Passive House Design

July 01, 2020

Unlike other green building approaches, passive houses aim to reduce environmental impact using energy conservation. So forget that giant furnace and talk to your architect about a passive design.

The Joyce Center at Mohawk College in Ontario is a shining example of Net Zero Energy Building (NZEB) with a design rooted in an energy budget.

Carolyn Feinstein   |   November 13, 2020

2. Net Zero Energy Building

November 13, 2020

Explore Net Zero Energy Building (NZEB) practices to responsibly produce a building's energy needs through renewable sources while complimenting additional green building practices, like passive house design.

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