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Critics of high-efficiency homes often argue that the cost of building to a higher standard cancels out any economic benefit. Recent, affordable technology proves them wrong. In fact, there are now more than 40,000 houses in the world built using a new German technology that cuts household energy consumption by 90 per cent. And they… Read more ›
EcoLogo is a pretty well-known third party certification amongst environmentalists and business to business purchasers. And, while it’s not as well-known as I thought among the general population, it is, at the very least, the largest eco-labelling standard in North America. In the previous article, I wrote about greenwashing and how third party labelling such… Read more ›
May 2nd, 2013 by Cathy Rust
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In keeping with my theme of writing about products made from waste material, I was… Read more ›
February 25th, 2013 by Greg Lockhart
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Here’s a list of the Top 10 reasons to Install LED Lighting Lighting as soon… Read more ›
February 11th, 2013 by Cathy Rust
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Every year at GreenBuild (the US green building conference and expo), green building guru Alex… Read more ›
January 16th, 2013 by Patrick Casey
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With the establishment of the Green Energy Act in Ontario, energy conservation has been a… Read more ›
