Category: Blog Posts
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How to protect your home from fire – a burning need to know.
Home destruction vs. home survival in wildfires point to embers and small flames control as the main thing to help prevent homes igniting in wildfires. Here are some tips for homeowners & builders to prepare homes to withstand wildfires. Let’s start by pointing out that this post is mostly about fire coming from outsi…
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How to protect your home from fire – a burning need to know.
Home destruction vs. home survival in wildfires point to embers and small flames control as the main thing to help prevent homes igniting in wildfires. Here are some tips for homeowners & builders to prepare homes to withstand wildfires. Let’s start by pointing out that this post is mostly about fire coming from outsi…
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Homes built for Climate Disruptions: A Primer for Home Owners and Buyers
As much as we want to see homes that are built sustainably – they must also fulfil their primary function – to provide safe, comfortable, healthy shelter for families to thrive – so durability and good design is key. I’m writing this during a heat wave in June, 2021, as much of the US and Canada seem poised to experie…
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Is spray foam insulation a good choice for your home? Or a toxic recipe for disaster?
Spray foam insulation has been used primarily for home renovations as a way of sealing and insulating in one step, but spray foam is now even finding a home in new build – but, is it safe? Is spray foam insulation the best idea. There is a plethora of home improvement shows demonstrating how easy it is to buy, renovat…
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The best alternatives to drywall for finishing interior walls
Drywall is the most common interior finish surface inside homes due to ease and affordability. But there are options! see below for the best natural healthy alternatives to drywall for finishing interior walls. Walls in residential homes are almost exclusively finished using gypsum board (either recycled or synthetic)…
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Greener Homes interest-free loan scheme 2021 Canada – the ultimate guide
Deep home retrofits through grants and interest-free loans to make your home more energy-efficient were a promise by Trudeau and the Liberals and now in 2021, it looks like they’re becoming a reality. The Canada Greener Homes Grant scheme is investing $2.6 billion over 7 years to help up to 700,000 Canadian homeowners…
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Canada Greener Homes Grant 2021 – the “how to apply” guide – step by step
Canadian homeowners, with 2021’s grants it’s time to improve home insulation, to upgrade heating systems to more efficient ones like heat pumps, to install solar panels and replace old and leaky windows and doors. How and why to claim the Canada greener homes grant
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Canada Greener Homes Grants retrofit program is launched
The Canada Greener Homes Grant 2021 is to help homeowners make their homes more energy-efficient, create new jobs across Canada for energy advisors, grow domestic green supply chains, and help fight climate change. Canada launches $2.6B of home improvement grants
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Canadian students win first prize at Formica’s 2021 FORM Student Innovation Competition
This year marked the fourth year Formica Canada ran it’s FORM design competition, and the second year that it was won by Canadian design students. Formica Canada runs an annual design competition called the FORM Student Innovation Competition, and it has been won by University of Montreal students Bénédicte Laurent an…