The Sammon Passive House deep energy EnerPHit renovation was featured yesterday on Canadian Architect. The article highlights the strategies we used to achieve Passive House certification, as well as makes the case for why deep energy retrofits can play such an important part in helping Toronto achieve it’s climate change and Net Zero Existing Buildings …
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What a change from a year ago, when the site work was just starting for the Coniston Seniors Housing project (see our previous blog post on Coniston here). Below is a brief description of the project and a selection of in-progress construction photos showing the 5-storey building nearing completion. This building is a low-carbon, high …
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We are very happy to announce that the Sammon Passive House, the progress of which we have been documenting on this blog (here and here) has just received Passive House EnerPHit Classic Certifications. As far as we know, this is the first home in Toronto to receive EnerPHit Passive House Institute certification. Congrats to the …
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Architectural design is about iterating and testing new ideas to see if you can find a creative, pragmatic, beautiful solution given the myriad constraints of the project. Today we are going to share some in-progress 3D visualizations for the bar, kitchen, and lounge areas of a teahouse and meditation space we are designing for a …
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A New Environmentally Conscious Condo Building Targeting Passive House Certification Built to achieve the Passive House standards of environmental design, Rossmont condos are setting the bar for what an urban dwelling can and should be in 2022. Eco-concious multi-unit housing! Rossmont achieves Passive House via a highly energy efficient envelope and windows, air-tight construction, improved …
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Sheena wrote an article this month about the Canadian Election and Climate Change for Canadian Architect magazine. See this months Canadian Architect magazine, or check out the article online at “Who should be our climate change Prime Minister?” “Our current Prime Minister is our COVID Prime Minister. The next Prime Minister will be our climate …
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