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12/14/2017

The province will offer thousands of dollars in rebates for homeowners who opt for energy-efficient renovations, including windows and insulation, the Ontario government said Wednesday, in a well-timed announcement on a day that the temperature dipped well below zero.

10/03/2016

Great story on the home I designed!

By Shaun Markey – It’s not often that the directions to a new home in Westboro, conclude with the comment: “You can’t miss it. It’s the house with the bunny!” However, Melinda Tan was being q…

12/12/2015

At last, unemployment is easing. But the latest low rate—hovering below 6%–obscures a deeper, longer-term problem: “skills mismatches” in the labor force, which will only worsen in years to come. According to the most recent figures, 9.3 million Americans are unemployed, but 4.8 million jobs stand e…

02/27/2015

We received LEED Gold for the Low project! Nice article by the Ottawa Citizen

Gatineau Hills retreat is the first LEED Gold certified home in the area.

02/07/2015

THE CHEAPEST AND cleanest energy choice of all is not to waste it. Progress on this has been striking yet the potential is still vast. Improvements in energy...

12/21/2014

The pricier the house, the bigger the financial drain, writes Jonathan Clements.

12/04/2014

The experimentation is interesting. For regular homeowners, the home should be as simple as possible. Passive systems must have priority over active systems.

A labor-intensive effort to build an energy-efficient home in Vermont leads to misgivings.