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Habitat for Humanity LEED home being delivered to new owners
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OUR HOUSE: a community home building endeavour

...School Board and Ecohome / Ecohabitation. Teachers and administrators from the New Frontiers School Board receiving the 'Prix d'excellence', the first time an English school board in Quebec has ever one this award. Habitat for Humanity Educators in the New Frontiers School Board have always fostered strong r...

LEED Platinum home donated to Habitat for Humanity
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Student-built LEED home delivered to Habitat for Humanity

Educators at the Chateauguay Valley Career Education Centre (CECVC) in Ormstown, QC wanted to offer their students something beyond the standard skills they would get from most schools, so instead of building small sheds or wall sections that would be later disassembled, they decided to build an actual house. Beyond th...

New Frontiers School Board 'Our House' team
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Quebec carpentry students attempt LEED v4 certification on home that will be donated to Habitat for Humanity

...New Frontiers School Board (NFSB) in Ormstown, QC is doing just that. The 'Our House' project is an ambitious undertaking that is making big waves in the school board and the community as a whole, but nowhere more than in the halls of the school. It's probably a mix of the high-profile nature of the project, the idea o...

Teachers experimenting with insulated I-joists as wall studs
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Webisode # 2 following a carpentry school that is making big waves in Quebec

...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 the countr...