ecohome / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

The guiding principles during the design of Ecohome’s Edelweiss House demonstration home - passive heating and cooling, healthy living space, affordable to build and operate, resilient and flexible design.  The underlying goal of the Edelweiss House was to design and build a modestly-sized but functional home that wou...

...Ecohome, a LEED for Homes Provider, LEED Green Rater, recipient of the 2016 Green Building Champion Award from the CaGBC, and a contributor to the LEED for Homes Rating system.

...Ecohome's Passive Solar Index program (PSI) of energy modelling designs from the benchmark of complete passive solar heating, this is not a rigid target. Depending on climate and other considerations (such as with the Kenogami House), achieving zero heat demand is not always the best use of resources. Regardless of you...

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...Ecohome The reclaimed wood doors give the Edelweiss LEED platinum home extra points and some added charm © Ecohome Rooms are flooded with light with carefully placed windows © Ecohome Local slate was used for the bathroom floor & walls, as were low flow eco-friendly taps...

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...Ecohome Forms need to be well-secured to avoid a blow out, including lots of braces to hold the weight of the concrete so forms don't bend. Three runs of 2x6's easily held concrete and insulation, and after forms were removed, that wood was used for framing.  Slab-on-grade forms © Ecohome   3. Plumbing and mechanica...

...Ecohome 2. Sheathing was installed leaving a 1/8th inch gap at the seams to provide additional drying capability of the walls, along with providing room for sheathing to expand without buckling. This protects our exterior air barrier membrane and prevents any risk of walls warping. 3. Window openings were built out to...

...Ecohome and its Quebec counterpart, Ecohabitation, and together they set out to create a net-zero-energy home in this harsh climate. Along with engineer Denis Boyer, architect Lucie Langlois, and the director of Ecohome and Ecohabitation Emmanuel Cosgrove, they designed and built the Kenogami House, which is a model of...