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 …
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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: …
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 …
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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 …
“Climate change is a fact in our daily lives — raising the cost of our food, causing extreme weather that damages property and infrastructure, threatening outdoor activities we love, and melting winter roads that provide critical seasonal access to remote northern Indigenous communities. It affects every aspect of our lives, so it is our collective …
At Coolearth we are currently working with a couple to build their retirement home just outside of Parry Sound. The clients were attracted to Coolearth because of our sustainable specialization as well as portfolio of modern homes. At the first design consultation they brought arm fulls of books on Frank Llyod Wright’s houses: and we …
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