"LEED v4"

LEED v4 / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

Off-grid and Net-Zero Housing

CaGBC's Zero Carbon Buildings Initiative explained

...LEED rating system and its growth. Going forward, LEED is still a key focus for CaGBC. LEED provides a holistic assessment of the different interrelated aspects of green building, including health and wellness. What’s more, LEED v4 deals with GHG emissions more aggressively and comprehensively than ever before, includi...

Passive solar home design

Passive solar home construction

WATCH MORE VIDEOs about passive solar home design and construction here This is the first in a series of videos on passive solar home construction, we begin with passive solar design basics, orienting the future house on the site to take full advantage of the free heat available from the sun while keeping it cool with...

LEED Homes

What is different with LEED V4?

...LEED Version 4, the next exciting step in the continuous improvement of the LEED rating systems. The development of LEED v4 has spanned more than three years, engaged hundreds of volunteers and thousands of stakeholders around the world. LEED v4 has the potential to drive the reduction of building carbon emissions and ...

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.

LEED Homes

The LEED for Homes Checklist

...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...

Lighting

All about LED bulbs - video

How to choose the best LED bulbs and DIY lighting fixture installation tips. LED bulbs are here to stay, it's time to make the leap. The colours are warmer now, the bulbs are dimable and the price is coming down. Incandescent bulbs give off lots of unwanted heat, which in summer months makes your air conditioning syst...

LEED Homes

LEED Canada shows strong growth during summer of 2015 including first LEED v4 certified project

...LEED v4 Edelweiss House © Ecohome Amount of buildings Earning LEED Certification in 2015 (up to sept. 30th): 79 LEED Certified 41 LEED Silver 171 LEED Gold 26 LEED Platinum Projects that earned LEED certification in the summer months include: The Richardson International Airport Terminal in Winnipeg, MB, which cert...

LEED Homes

Canada's first LEED V4 Platinum house - An Ecohome project checklist

...LEED version 4 (V4.) This latest version of the LEED rating system involved a comprehensive overhaul and to ensure relevancy and adoption LEED v4 was reviewed and broken down into positives and negatives by technical advisory groups. When the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) anounced that the LEED for Homes rating...