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"LEED Platinum"

LEED Platinum / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

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Built to ENDURE: the Net Zero Heat Kenogami House
Efficient home design

The Kenogami House: designed to ENDURE

Alex Wilson is the founder of the journal Environmental Building News, Green Building, GreenSpec and recently the Resilient Design Institute. The following is a brief description of his vision, and the steps our team took as designers, builders and homeowners to meet that criteria for the Kenogami House.  The acronym: ...

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The LEED Platinum Beachaus II in Vancouver, BC
LEED Homes

The Canada Green Building Council (CAGBC) measures the environmental benefit of the LEED for Homes program.

...LEED rating system All about the Passive House rating system  take a tour of the first LEED V4 Platinum house in Canada All about home rating systems See here to learn about the benefits of a free Ecohome Network Membership, see here.

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Midori Uchi
Efficient home design

A new contender for the title of Canada's greenest home

...LEED for Homes rating system Ecohome builds Canada's first LEED V4 Platinum home All you need to know about achieving Passive House certification Resilient design features to make homes more livable and last longer Discover all the benefits of a free Ecohome Network Membership here - promote your business and g...

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The LEED Platinum Beachaus II from Inhaus Development Ltd.
LEED Homes

LEED Platinum Home in British Columbia

...LEED for homes rating system. Find more pages about sustainable construction below and in the Ecohome Green Building Guide pages. All about the LEED for Homes rating system Ecohome builds Canada's first LEED V4 Platinum home All you need to know about achieving Passive House certification Resilient design featu...

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Leed platinum plaque
Green building certifications

All about green home certification programs and rating systems for USA & Canada

...LEED for Homes:  Originating in the USA, LEED is currently the most prolific green building rating system and stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. LEED was created by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). To quote the U.S Office of Federal Environmental Executive, 'green building’ is defined as ...

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UBC's Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability
LEED Homes

UBC Lab Exceeds LEED Platinum becoming one of North America's greenest buildings

...LEED Platinum building. Find more pages about sustainable construction below and in the Ecohome Green Building Guide pages. All about the LEED for Homes rating system Ecohome builds Canada's first LEED V4 Platinum home All you need to know about achieving Passive House certification Resilient design features to...

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