Ontario microfit/ Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...MicroFIThomepage http://www.ieso.ca/get-involved/microfit/news-overview PDF ofmicroFITprogram overview http://www.ieso.ca/get-involved/microfit/news-overviewMicroFITrules http://www.ieso.ca/get-involved/microfit/news-overview List of eligible Participants http://www.ieso.ca/get-involved/microfit/news...

There are a lot of options to consider when shopping for appliances, designing home lighting, and heating your home. These pages outline some things you can do that will help reduce your consumption, and despite what is sometimes a higher sticker price, usually save you money. Home lighting There are many factor...

...Ontario-based environmental consulting company that works with builders, developers and product manufacturers to help make their products, services and policies more sustainable. Their software program is free and refreshingly easy to use. What we would like our readers to realize all the same is that optimization of...

How to Install a Radon Barrier - Slab Floors If in the kind of area where it's a good idea to install a vapor barrier against radon ingress, (check out the Radon maps by state and province page to find out here) we can't stress enough how important it is to test for radon, or better still to continually monitor for ...

Homes built in the last 40 years in Canada are relatively airtight . Before that we generally relied on leaky uninsulated walls to provide fresh air and prevent mold and mildew, and they did that very well. Cost and comfort had us adding insulation, but not necessarily sealing our walls. The folly of this was quickl...

聚异氰脲酸酯(PIR)，挤出聚苯乙烯(XPS)，膨胀聚苯乙烯(EPS)或聚苯乙烯泡沫?当建造或翻新高性能建筑围护结构时，有三种主要的刚性泡沫板，你将不得不选择-聚异氰尿酸酯称为Polyiso (PIR)，挤压聚苯乙烯(XP…

Condensation on Windows – Is it Bad? It’s that time of year when condensation on windows becomes a pain, we wake up in the morning, can’t see out, curtains are wet, there’s water on the window bottoms, and even worse it can affect the walls below windows causing mold and mildew in drywall and furniture. Condensa...

...Ontario:OntarioMicroFITprogram:Ontariois a leader in encouraging micro energy generation projects. The FIT program (Feed-In-Tariff) pays you a nice sum for power you generate privately. After your needs are met, any surplus power you generate gets fed into the power grid, and you will get paid a very respectable...