Costs/ Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...costswill be – one for calculating swimming pool energycostshere , and one for working out hot tub energycostshere . As most of you reading are not in Quebec where power is very cheap, the differential cost of electricity will have to be factored in. But these are still a useful point of comparison for some of t...

Siding is important! There is no stage of home construction that you should rush through, but if there were, it shouldn't be siding . Whatever type of siding product you choose, purchase and installation is not cheap, so you don't want to do it again anytime soon. Your siding needs to protect your home from the we...

...costs即使有些方法会比其他方法节省更多的能源，每个方法本身也会节省一定比例的能源——正如他们所说的，没有所谓的小经济!我们在网上找到了很多省钱的太阳能热水器，我们还有一个关于游泳池和热水浴缸节能的指南……

...costs, as well as ceiling height and complexity - so if you think my math is off, remember it’s a ballpark estimate. Based on quotes from my local suppliers, a pine V-joint wood ceiling would cost you about $1,700 in materials (with 5% waste factored for cutting) and take a crew of 3 workers (one cutter, two installe...

What is a blower door test? Blower door tests are becoming part of many State and Provincial mandatory building codes - the new BC Energy Step Code in British Columbia, Canada is one example. A blower door test is often an essential part of a home audit, we don’t know for sure just yet if it will be part of the free...

...costs: The construction budget, not including excavation, septic and well is $200,000. By regional standards this is low for its size, savings realized by simplifying design features help keepcoststo a minimum. A simple 2/12 single-pitch roof is low-hanging fruit as far as keeping material and labourcostsdown...

如何为一个可持续的厨房台面定价?作为一名专业的厨具制造商，我经常被问到一个厨房需要多少钱costs. There is no accurate answer of course, though when pressed, I would have to say somewhere between $18-30,000. The size of your kitchen, material choices and your taste in finishing makes ...

What is the difference between a slab on grade & a crawl space? A slab on grade, or ‘frost protected shallow foundation’ is exactly that, a slab of concrete on the ground. There’s more to it of course, but let’s start with a ‘win’ in the comprehension department shall we? A slab on grade rests directly on the grou...

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...costscan be significant , and that will continue to grow just as the frequency and severity of extreme heat advisories grows. The environmental impact and greenhouse gas emissions from home cooling systems is not limited to carbon emissions from the energy they use. Air conditioners and heat pumps contain fluoridate...

Why suspended-film insulating glass windows may be a game-changer Suspended-film insulating glass windows are an intelligent way to make windows super high-performance with insulating properties up to R-17, without adding too much weight for window frames to cope with . Since air is an insulator, trapping it (or gas...