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Coolearth Interviewed on Net-zero Design

The Coolearth Architectures team was interviewed by Host Craig Riddock, of “Shut Off That Noise”, about net-zero carbon architecture a design. “Shut Off That Noise” is a series of interviews about makers of art, music, design and architecture about the nature of their work and their creative process. “In this episode, Craig interviews Architect Sheena […]

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Green Ontario Fund – Rebates Available

The Ontario Cap and Trade Carbon program is up and running and almost $500-million is being invested in rebates for energy efficiency upgrades for Ontario homeowners. In this blog post we will give a quick overview to people in Ontario looking to perform Energy Retro-fits and improve energy efficiency and comfort.  With rising electricity costs […]

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Paper as Insulation

At the firm as part of our conversation around insulation types, one of the Principals, Marty, mentioned that we have been using newspaper to insulated walls for hundreds of years. Indeed if anyone has done a renovation or addition to a home in Toronto from the early 1900’s, they might have found old newspapers still […]

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PassivHealing

We are excited today to share a guest post by Nabia Majeed, on her thesis work at the University of Toronto around healing environments. Nabia participated in the Passive Building Show at Coolearth Architecture in the Fall of 2015.   Nabia Majeed is a Master of Architecture graduate from the University of Toronto who completed […]

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