Flood damage / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

Rendering of River District Sustainable housing development In Vancouv
Lifestyle, location and commuting

Vancouver developer leads the way to more sustainable communities

...damaged but were still rendered uninhabitable because of flooded basements and heating systems that no longer worked. The added durability measures taken at River District provides security against mechanical systems failure as a result of a storm.  ParkLane is also the first developer in the city to build and operate ...

As our climate adapts to human carbon emissions, homes have to change
Lifestyle and environment

How to future proof homes as we face a changing climate

...flooding in Alberta and Ontario invites questions about how we build (making much of the land impermeable) and where we build (near rivers, by oceans and on floodplains). Thinking historically, flooding and water damage is clearly becoming a much larger issue. From the 1940s until about the year 2000, fire was one of t...

Smart sewage backup device
Plumbing and water heaters

Sewage Backup Flood Prevention and Water Leak Notification on Your Mobile Device

...damage prevention on your devices: Inflotrolix has another flood-prevention product called the NOWA 360® that detects flooding from appliances such as washing machines, dishwashers and water heaters. As soon as a water leak occurs, the detector relays the signal to the control unit, and in less than one second, the con...