Zero carbon / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...zero emission, regenerative and climate-resilient design.  Built over the course of two years, this project has been designed as a net-zero energy, net-zero carbon, live-work single-family home. In an effort to achieve net-zero carbon, the team has minimized the embodied carbon of building materials and systems while u...

...carbon footprint of this surprisingly affordable prefab eco home, which takes a significant step in the right direction towards true Zero-Carbon housing including both embodied carbon for building materials as well as the carbon production for it's very low energy needs. This is only one of several prefabricated eco ho...

...carbon footprint in the built environment in the quest for zero carbon homes. A Canadian company may have the answer with a carbon-sequestering concrete system that appears to have the attributes ideal for general use across all building sectors, and it's gaining fans in the green building community. Is CarbonCure low-...

...Zero Carbon? Just over a year ago, the Canadian Green Building Council officially launched the new standard on Zero Carbon buildings. Not only is that certification awarded by third party, the program has been developed very diligently, including consultations with 40 organizations in the construction sector. The CaGBC...

...carbon-negative concrete CMU blocks for the North East of Canada and USA - see here. Prometheus is another American company that has developed a new zero-carbon concrete technology with microalgae. Low-emission concrete blocks © Solidia Technologies® Innovative materials like wood fiber insulation carbon storage prov...

...Zero Carbon Buildings Initiative? Mark Hutchinson: The CaGBC launched the zero carbon building initiative in 2016 to champion the move to lower-carbon commercial, institutional and high-rise residential buildings in support of Canada’s efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change. CaGBC believes that a zero carbon...