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Tesla solar panels "free" for US clients in September! If you do the math, this Tesla Solar panel rental special offer is actually even better than free - because if you live in the sunnier US states with the highest electricity costs, those solar installations are going to produce more payback than they cost to rent. ...

Smart homes of the future  On one hand we have what 'the experts' think Smart Homes of the future will be like, with 'Intelligent' temperature-controlled bed sheets and shape shifting furniture that changes colour among the incredible innovations that could be ubiquitous in homes of the future. However here at EcoHome ...

...LEED V4 Platinum home All you need to know about achieving Passive House Certification Resilient design features to make homes more livable and last longer Discover all the benefits of a free Ecohome Network Membership here - promote your business and get access to discount pricing on select building materials. ...

New WA State Legislation paves the way for tiny home eco-villages: Tiny houses, also colloquially referred to as tiny homes, are both an increasingly attractive and affordable housing option as well as a trending alternative lifestyle choice across North America and Canada as people realize that “quality of life” doesn...

...LEED® certification. Emmanuel Cosgrove, Director of Ecohabitation and Mike Reynolds, Director of Ecohome, welcomed the opportunity to be involved. The group of carpentry teachers immediately embraced this focus on better-performing and sustainable home construction; three of the program's teachers have since earned LEE...

...LEED green building rating system (three teachers are already certified with LEED credentials) and they are giving their students a chance to work on a registered LEED for Homes building project. Having project experience is essential to attaining LEED credentials, but that opportunity is not always easy to find, so th...

...LEED certified projects in Canada to 2,252. Year-to-date-totals (up to April 30, 2015) by LEED certification level are as follows. Of particular note is that LEED Gold, the second most rigorous level of certification, was the most common in this period. 36 LEED Certified 67 LEED Silver 90 LEED Gold 9 LEED Platinum Ca...

Editors note: This home has been named 'Earthship' but is not an official Earthship trademarked by Earthship Global.  From the USGBC : Outstanding Single Family Home of the Year:  Wallace Residence (Earthship Farmstead), Kaplan Thompson ArchitectsLocated in Stuart, Va., Earthship Farmstead is an earth-sheltered, LEED P...

...LEED homes, and sustainable green building techniques on the pages below and in the Ecohome Green Building Guide. What is the LEED for Homes rating system about? All about the Passive House rating system  Take a tour of the first LEED V4 Platinum house in Canada All about home rating system and which is best fo...

When the New Frontiers School Board decided they wanted to be a leader in teaching green building practices, it’s doubtful that they could have envisioned how well and how far it would resonate. The town of Ormstown is engaged, the Quebec media is loving it, and they are now reaching out to like-minded schools across t...