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Recycled Granite Has Lots of Design Possiblities

May 2nd, 2013 by Leave a Comment ↓

In keeping with my theme of writing about products made from waste material, I was contacted by a company called Green Stone Granite, based in Guelph, Ontario. Green Stone Granite is a new enterprise that takes leftover granite from building jobs and turns it into new products. Dana Laferriere, my contact at Green Stone explained to Read more ›

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CarbonCure Technology Sequesters Carbon Dioxide in Concrete

February 11th, 2013 by Leave a Comment ↓

Every year at GreenBuild (the US green building conference and expo), green building guru Alex Wilson reveals his top ten favourite new green products. These products are carefully thought out and vetted, and are considered the best of the best. If you’re not familiar with the BuildingGreen website, take some time to look around — Read more ›

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Alternatives to Your Dryer

December 20th, 2012 by Leave a Comment ↓

I’m in the middle of developing a series of posts on a step by step way to decrease your home’s electricity consumption. In order to write it I’ve used my home as a guinea pig and I’ve been discovering where we use our most electricity and when. While I haven’t figured out where it all Read more ›