Canadian Superinsulated- Page 2 of 3
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Toronto Passive: Designing a High-Performance Home
The author takes a year off from work to design and build a new home, starting with some unusual foundation details
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Wolfe Island Passive: Adding the Insulation
With the shell up, work turns to installing the roof overhangs and the exterior insulation
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Off-Grid in Canada: Architecture and Interior Design
Craig Anderson wraps up his blog series with some advice for owner-builders contemplating the construction of their own homes
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A House for Really Cold Winters
A Montreal firm designs a duplex for Inuit communities in far northern Quebec where winters make Maine look like Florida
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Off-Grid in Canada: An Energy Model of the House
A last-minute decision to seek LEED certification prompts an evaluation of energy use and a HERS Index report
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Blue Heron Ecohaus: Adding it All Up, Part 3
We never planned to build a certified Passive House, but in the end we wondered how close we had actually come
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Blue Heron EcoHaus: Adding it All Up, Part 2
Why Passive House construction won’t really catch on in Canada until it adopts its own standard that better reflects the climate
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Blue Heron EcoHaus: Adding it All Up
Musings on Passive House standards and the costs of new home construction, Part 1
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Blue Heron EcoHaus: Blower Door Testing
The owners set what they think is an ambitious but realistic goal for airtightness
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Off-Grid in Canada: What We Did for Heat
In retrospect, the author's initial choice for a heating system probably wasn't the best