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Interior Design & Interior Renovations
“Thank you for all your hard work. We have really enjoyed the process with you and we are pleased with the final plans. You are truly professionals and very knowledgeable in your field, and it has been more than pleasant dealing with you and your firm throughout.” Quote from the owners of this house. If […]
Read moreOjibway Quillwork – Toronto Offsite Design Festival 2017 – Opening Reception
As part of the Toronto Offsite Design Festival 2017 we invite you to see Boshdayosgaykwe Pawis’s work from the G’zaagin Art Gallery’s work at 386 Pacific Avenue, Coolearth Architecture from January 16th to February 16th. G’zaagin Art Gallery resourcefully uses all of its materials, and finds creative ways for people to experience natural products. The quill […]
Read moreSBE16: Toronto – Pamela Blais – Land Use Planning: Getting Serious About GHG Reduction
We were happy to attend the Sustainable Built Environment Conference September 19th and 20th in Toronto. There was so much material and interesting ideas that we decided to do a series of blog posts re-capping the presentations. The first post is on a talk that Pamela Blais, of Metropole Consultants gave entitled “Land Use Planning: Getting Serious […]
Read moreDecarbonizing the Operation of a Building
This past July an article Sheena wrote was published in the “In Touch” magazine by the REIC (Real Estate Institue of Canada) on “Decarbonizing the Operation of a Building” (pdf). The article is reproduced completely below. Decarbonizing the Operation of a Building by Sheena Sharp We have all heard about the need to stop climate […]
Read morePHPP now accepted for SB-12 Compliance
This post is a follow-up to the previous post on the changes to the SB-12. The OntarioPH team including Sonia Zouari, Andrew Peel, Greg Labbe and our own Sheena Sharp submitted a change request to the Ontario Building Code to allow for the PassiveHouse Planning Package (PHPP) — the software used to design to PassiveHouse standards which we […]
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