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Eco-friendly / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

Electric Thermal Storage Heating System Grant in Quebec
Heating with electricity

Heat up your home efficiently and affordably in Quebec with the electric thermal storage heating system grant!

Electric heating is the best option in Quebec. The downside? Winter peaks, where during cold winter days, the grid can become overloaded. Bi-energy heating systems address this problem by using another energy source, which unfortunately is often a fossil fuel. To reduce GHGs and meet environmental targets, fossil fuels...

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Saving Energy in Swimming Pools and Hot Tubs - Our Top Tips to Save Money
Exteriors

Top tips for energy efficient swimming pools - reduce pool cleaning & running costs

...eco-friendly, attractive to use and economical as possible in terms of energy use for heating and general operation.  If you’re lucky enough to have a swimming pool or hot tub at home, then you’ll no doubt already know that they take quite a lot of maintenance and can be very costly in terms of heating and running cost...

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Lasagna Gardening - How to Build an Easy Vegetable Garden
Food production

Lasagna gardening - the easiest vegetable garden at home?

...eco-friendly, productive and possibly organic garden - without having to go out and buy soil, especially if the underlying conditions are a heavy clay soil, lasagne gardening produces a light tilth, full of nutrients, and ready to grow delicious vegetables in the shade or in full sun.   The name lasagna garden - also k...

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Is EPS foam eco-friendly? Exterior home insulation rigid foam panels
Insulation and soundproofing

Does plastic foam or Styrofoam insulation have a place in green building?

...eco-friendly How’s that for a catch phrase – eco-friendly foam insulation! I know some of you have forehead veins that are beginning to throb now, thanks for reading along so patiently.  Once we finally accept that we simply won’t have enough bio-based natural building materials to supply the demand of the global const...

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A tiny house with a greenhouse - yes it's possible!
Tiny house

Tiny house with attached and mobile greenhouse - good or bad idea?

...eco-friendly? While we love the idea of compact living, driving a tiny house around is hardly good for your personal carbon footprint, so they don’t always equate to being an eco-friendly green home. Read more here about the downsides of tiny houses. But our biggest beef with tiny houses would be the F250 Super Duty tr...

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DIY cork flooring pros, cons & installation guide with video
Flooring and stairs

Cork flooring installation - the eco-friendly flooring choice, with "how to" video

...Eco-friendly flooring choices available. The Edelweiss House is a slab-on-grade concrete floor covered with 1/8 thick pre-finished cork tiles from Lusimat, installed with a Zero VOC GreenForce adhesive from Bostik. We thank them both for taking part in this project, helping us reach our target of LEED Platinum while cr...

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