Sustainable construction / Discussions

I have a 100-year-old Arts & Crafts home in North Texas.  At some point in the past there was some kind of insulation blown in the walls, evidenced by the plugged holes in the wood siding between each set of studs.  All I know is about it is that it was done at least 15 years ago. Now that I am looking to add or re...

Hi I'm looking into buying a home in Edmonton, Alberta. Buying land is not an option within a reasonable distance of the city. Do you have a guide for buying an existing home to make it easier to convert it to a green/low carbon footprint house using the existing structure? Let me start by saying that buying a home in ...

Floating slabs are the overwhelming favourite of passive house builders for many obvious reasons. I have learned so much from your amazing site! I have an old house that violates very code known to man, that is barely the size of a small double car garage. Luckily, the lot it sits on has plenty of room to build new and...

We are building green on Vancouver Island. I wonder where we can find straw sips? Finding straw bale SIPs in Canada is tricky at the moment, the only commercial manufacturer we knew of (yes, past tense) has since gone out of business. We have not heard of any company coming in the fill the void unfortunately. It is a p...