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April 2017
High Performance House near Parry Sound close to completion
The High-Performance house near Parry Sound is in its final stages. The snow has melted, the lake has no ice, and the crew is working hard to hand over the house to the homeowners by the end of May. The cladding is 75% up and the house is starting to look like what we envisioned. […]
Read morePassive Survivability – Building Design for Resilience and Safety
Passive Survivability is a term coined by Building Science expert Alex Wilson, which he defines as “maintaining livable conditions in the event of extended loss of power or interruptions in heating fuel.” Alex, came up with the idea after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, observing how modern un-powered, un-serviced buildings overheated while traditional architecture remained […]
Read moreNight Visions – Contact Photography Festival 2017
UPDATE: blogTO has featured “Night Vision” as one of the 20 must-see exhibits of the Contact Photo Festival — check out the full list here: http://www.blogto.com/arts/2017/04/contact-photography-festival-toronto-2017/ Coolearth Architecture is pleased to once again take part in the annual Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival, which runs throughout the month of May. This year we are featuring the photography […]
Read moreCoolearth – Sustainable Architecture at the Green Living Show
This past weekend the Coolearth team was at the Green Living Show. Thank you to everyone who came out to the show — there was a lot of very interesting conversation! After Sheena’s seminar on how homeowners can retrofit their houses to be Net-zero Carbon there were so many people around the booth — we apologize […]
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