Efficient home design

Midori Uchi
Efficient home design

A new contender for the title of Canada's greenest home

On September 10, 2012, Naikoon Contracting Ltd. officially broke ground on the "Midori Uchi", launching the construction of what they hope will be the greenest home in the country. Naikoon Contracting Ltd . is embarking on a new residential project that's expected to achieve some of the highest green residential…

The high performance almost ZNE Warburg house by bioi - built for under $100,00
Efficient home design

A High performance home on a shoe string budget, almost Net Zero Energy

Seeking to balance function, efficiency & budget is not an easy task; but this was the brief provided for the Warburg house. The question posed by the client was simple: could a contemporary & energy-efficient home be built for less than $100,000? Yes. How to build a high performance home on a low budget On a wooded…