Building with wood/ Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...buildingguide - watch thewoodframing of a passive solar homewithFSC certifiedwood: Engineeredwoodproducts for framing homes Engineeredwoodrequires more processing than standardwood. As may be expected, engineeredwoodis more expensive than the types described above, and has a higher embodied energy ...

...buildingwithwood. Now you know all aboutwoodframing and choosing the right materials, read more on these pages :Buildingwithrecycled shipping pallets How to identify non-toxic pallets for furniture and inside homes Which is better, OSB or plywood- for roofs, walls and floors Ho...

...woodcomes from a sustainably managed forest , so FSC labelledwoodis always preferred. Where to buywood: Wherever you live in Canada, there iswithout a doubtwoodbeing harvested not too far away. If you want to ensure yourwood在某种意义上被限定为“本地的”，你可以首先从物种选择开始……

...buildingmaterials becomes greater all the time. And that is simply considering the direct cost to the consumer; indirectly, the costs are exponentially higher through environmental destruction and the costs that comewithit. Depending on the type of product, some usedbuildingmaterials will save you a lot of money...

...witha focus on sustainability and longevity for their work. “Plug and Play – the Pallet Garden” is their 5th feature garden installation for the annual Canada Blooms Garden Festival.Buildingwith运输托盘©b Sq。Design StudioWithinterior and exterior climbable walls, plenty of cou...

...buildingdesign and operations, environmental policy and community engagement. Built to exceed LEED Platinum and the LivingBuildingChallenge standards, CIRS is one of the few commercialbuildings constructed primarily of certifiedwoodand beetle-killedwood(currently B.C.’s largest source of carbon emissions). ...

...woodwithstructural insulated panels A SIP wall is a foam panelwith护套(通常是OSB)粘在每一边。面板本身是结构的，所以你可以避免所有的木材，你会找到典型的框架房子。Houses insulatedwithfoam still have a bit of a bad rapwithin the greenbuildingco...

...woodburning fireplace insertswithblowers here ) Your carbon footprint as awoodburner: Heatingwithwooddoes not instantly make you an enviro-villain unless you live on an islandwithone remaining tree.Woodis a renewable resource and fairly abundant in most areas, certainly for ruralwoodburners. Trees a...

...wooden pallets were used by railways in Europe to move goods - so we would probably avoid anywooden palletswithjust this labelling - unless that is it also has the EPAL label (see below). Is a pallet stamped EUR safe to use forbuildinga pallet bed or to use thewoodfor a headboard? If you find a European ...

...buildingenvelopes.Buildingcodes are making you do stupid things. The laws of physics trump code. - Joe Lstiburek This article was inpired bybuildingscientist Joe Lstiburek, one of the most globally trusted and well-known names inbuildingscience who has left an indelible mark on thebuildingcodes of the ...

...woodthere is a taboo against burning softwood, but you should keep that in perspective. In British Columbia or Washington State, most people who heatwithwoodonly use softwood因为这是所有可用的。We happily encourage comments from both softwoodand hardwoodusers below, so we can settle thi...