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Zero House prefab wall panels

by Jen Feigin | Jun 26, 2017 | Building Product Reviews, Construction Blogs, Embodied Carbon, Natural building materials and techniques, Zero House prefab

The Zero House is designed to have zero net energy use, zero carbon footprint and zero toxins. But it is also designed to be completely prefabricated and modular! It features prefab wall panels, floor panels and roof panels that can be fabricated off site and...

Zero House: Innovative Green Building

by Jen Feigin | Jun 26, 2017 | Construction Blogs, Zero House prefab

The Zero House innovative green building project is based on four simple concepts: Zero net energy use Zero carbon footprint Zero toxins Zero construction waste This joint project between The Endeavour Centre and Ryerson University’s Department of Architectural...

Jumbo bales and hempcrete – together!

by Jen Feigin | Sep 20, 2016 | Construction Blogs, Hempcrete, Jumbo bale duplex, Natural building materials and techniques, Recipes, Straw bale building

Fifth Wind Farms wanted to create a building that could reach the energy efficiency requirements of the Passive House standard without resorting to the use of foam, mineral wool or other materials with a high carbon footprint. While straw bale buildings can have...

SNC Class of 2016

by Jen Feigin | Sep 20, 2016 | Construction Blogs, Jumbo bale duplex, Sustainable Building & Design program

Endeavour’s full time Sustainable New Construction program always attracts a diverse group of students, and 2016 is certainly no exception! People come from all across Canada and around the world to spend six months focused on the theory and the practice of...

Circle Organic Farm Tour

by Jen Feigin | Jul 30, 2015 | Circle Organic Farm Building, Construction Blogs

In 2013, Endeavour’s Sustainable New Construction program undertook the building of a large farm building for Circle Organic Farm in Millbrook, Ontario. The building included a 1,500 square foot vegetable processing area on the main floor (built with straw bale...

Getting Rid of Radon

by Jen Feigin | Jul 17, 2015 | Canada's Greenest Home, Construction Blogs, Thoughts on Building

Those of you who follow Endeavour’s work will know that we take indoor environment quality very seriously. Every material that comes into one of our buildings is carefully vetted for its chemical content, and all of our finishes are chosen to be non-toxic. We...