"Footprint"

Footprint / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

Wood and organic materials

Mid-rise construction time-lapse video with CLT & glulam beams

Located in the bustling Griffintown neighborhood of Montreal, Canada, the mass timber Arbora mid-rise project is the largest complex of its kind in the world built with a wood-based structure. This innovative mid-rise development's time-lapse video of Arbora's frame and floor construction demonstrates how mass timber c...

Wood and organic materials

The construction of mid-rise residential buildings in Canada - wood or concrete?

...footprint. Wood structures, as a consequence - including glulam and CLT (cross laminated timber) products for mid-rise multifamily residential buildings - don't yet occupy their fair share of the market across Canada and North America. For economic and environmental reasons, it's in our common interest to put wood at t...

Concrete and masonry

Gabion walls - what is a gabion cage & how to build with them?

...footprint of gabion walls Gabion walls really do have a significantly lower carbon footprint than a concrete wall. Taking into account the embodied energy for the carbon footprint of a 10 foot high wall through all stages of it's life (manufacturing, transport, construction and maintenance) - here are the comparative ...

Lifestyle and environment

Save the whale's (poop) - Save the planet !! (And $2m per whale)

...footprint of eco homes & sustainable construction... Find more pages about sustainable and resilient green building techniques here : All about natural swimming pools & ponds Compare the carbon footprint of wood v steel v concrete buildings Future-proof building techniques for a changing climate Resil...

Concrete and masonry

Low-carbon concrete by CarbonCure Canada - lowering the carbon footprint of buildings

...footprint of eco homes & sustainable construction... Find more pages about sustainable and resilient green building techniques here : Compare the carbon footprint of wood v steel v concrete Buildings Future-proof building techniques for a changing climate Resilient design features for new home construction ...

Planning and Design

Calculating the carbon footprint of buildings, introducing The EC3 Calculator from Skanska

...Footprint of Buildings with The EC3 Calculator Carbon footprint versus life cycle analysis For its part, the carbon footprint focuses only on the greenhouse gases (GHGs) involved in the life of a building. In short, it is an inventory that represents the impact of the building on climate change only. In the construct...