By David Dodge Until quite recently net-zero homes were pioneered mostly by an early adopter …
193. Visit 21 Inspiring green buildings on Eco-Solar Home Tour
By David Dodge & Scott Rollans Ever heard of the Eco-Solar Home Tour? Believe …
186. Canada’s first net-zero church and social housing project
By David Dodge and Scott Rollans With very little money in the bank and an …
169. PACE financing created $3.4 billion in energy efficiency projects in U.S.
By David Dodge Currently, the biggest barrier to people and organizations investing in energy-efficiency upgrades …
168. Dawning of the age of affordable net-zero homes
By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson Welcome to the future, a time when your home …
164. The EnergieSprong has sprung!
By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson We are very quickly learning to construct buildings that …
157. Straw-bale 101: A tale of two homes
By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson When you hear the term “straw-bale home”, you could …
154. Solar Thermal 101 – getting to net-positive
By David Dodge and Dylan Thompson “Not enough!” That’s what Cornelius Koster told Tom Jackson …
137. Carbon neutral laneway home–first of its kind
By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson This carbon neutral garage suite is a first for …
136. Earthship living in a cold Canadian winter
By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson When we last visited the Kinney Earthship it was a smokin’ hot 30 …
132. Insulation 101: One builder’s secret blueprint for a net-zero home
By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson The era of net-zero homes is upon us. These super-efficient …
114. Net-zero contagious: Five mini net-zero communities spring up across Canada
By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney The race to build net-zero homes across Canada is …
107: Geothermal: Hitting the geoexchange heating and cooling sweet spot
By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney There is something calm and comforting about …
103. Welcome to the Mosaic Centre: Canada’s biggest net-zero building
By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney The gap from net-zero house to large scale …
86. Echohaven: An environmentally friendly, energy efficient suburb
By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney To borrow a popular internet meme, what if I …
82. How we built our own Earthship, a radically sustainable, off-grid home on the prairie
By Duncan Kinney and David Dodge When you tell people you’re building an Earthship there …
81. Chasing Net Zero: Go big or go home
By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney American poet, philosopher and naturalist Henry David Thoreau once …
80: Chasing Net Zero: Net-zero evolution
By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney It’s a beautiful, livable, functional net-zero experiment – Welcome …
78. Chasing Net Zero: Net-zero 101
By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney A net-zero home is more than just a place …
69. Vancouver’s laneway homes – beautiful and net-zero
By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Small is beautiful. When economist E.F. Schumacher first released …