Who among us hasn’t doodled our dream home on the back of a scrap piece of paper? For most of us (unless you grew up to become an architect), those childhood drawings are as close as we come to making our dreams a reality. But then there are people like Matej H. Anthony, who are not content to let their dreams remain on their pages. When he and his partner moved to their “forever home”, A…
A cold January morning on the Northumberland Strait — the “north coast” of winter-laden Nova Scotia —seems like a strange time to open a new farm. But then again, the new Summer Street Farm isn’t your typical plants-in-the-ground farm at all. Instead, the farm can be found inside a metal box wrapped in colourful steel paneling. The hydroponic farm is designed by Growcer, an Ottawa-based…
LEED shouldn’t be a new term to anyone working in the Canadian construction industry. The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design standard is an internationally recognized rubric that certifies whether a building has achieved various levels of environmental milestones. Many cities across the country, including Vancouver, Toronto, and Ottawa, have mandated that new builds, retrofits, and de…
Steelmakers and fabricators across North America are looking to solve the sustainability puzzle: how to hit ambitious embodied carbon targets in new and upcoming mega-projects. In the case of the recently completed construction of a new customer distribution centre in Hamilton, stringent carbon requirements required some out-of-the-box thinking. Steel fabricator Canam turned to new XCarb® stee…
Like many parts of our homes, we seem to only notice the roof above our heads when it’s causing problems: when there’s a leak dripping into the attic, or when we have to clean shingles off the lawn after a particularly bad windstorm. But what happens when things do go wrong, when those roofs spring a leak, or simply start to wear out? After all, a typical shingle roof will last betwee…
