A green spring
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Passive Buildings Canada
- Mar 31
New Ground
Lots of new ground being covered by our events and we share four new PBC videos this month! Read and watch here!
Guardrails
Does a limit to growth mean Degrowth? Does Degrowth mean the opposite of growth and the end of prosperity? Is GDP really a measure of...
Passive Buildings Canada
- Jan 30
Reluctant Heroes
Those of us that build better buildings have a lot in common with Castor Canadensis. We share the need to compulsively cut up wood to...
Passive Buildings Canada
- Dec 16, 2022
Forward Looking
We take a look back and forward this month, sharing brand new Boots on the Ground videos, and some exciting up coming workshops while...
Passive Buildings Canada
- Nov 1, 2022
"Boots" hits the ground running
This month we look forward to our "Boots on the Ground" events and we look back at a PBC classic article on indoor air quality and...
Passive Buildings Canada
- Jul 22, 2022
Getting the full carbon picture
This month we focus on embodied carbon but also share original pieces on a retrofit program and the green job possibilities of wood...
Passive Buildings Canada
- Jun 21, 2022
Trouble with retrofit incentives; disability and green building
This month we feature two original PBC pieces plus share videos from the popular "Material Matters" series and of course have 5 stories...
Passive Buildings Canada
- May 6, 2022
Material Matters and time for a change
This month in our newsletter we share the video from our first Material Matters event plus PBC columnist Greg Labbé argues for change in...
Passive Buildings Canada
- Apr 11, 2022
EMBARCing on building better
The EMBARC report on embodied carbon is out and featured in this month's newsletter. We have report related events as well! Plus we have...
Passive Buildings Canada
- Feb 28, 2022
The evolution of enclosures, 3 videos, events and more
"The evolution of enclosures and the evolution of my thinking" is the debut column from "The Bog father" Greg Labbé. Find it and more in...
Passive Buildings Canada
- Jan 21, 2022
Engineer David Elfstrom on ventilation in time of COVID
In our first newsletter of 2022 we feature our AGM video from David Elfstrom"How to Identify and Rectify Poorly Ventilated Indoor Spaces...
Passive Buildings Canada
- Dec 10, 2021
Who will renovate? Plus upcoming AGM, PH stories and "wintering"
This month we share two original PBC pieces, plus a preview of our upcoming AGM, five PH stories that struck our fancy, and more! Read it...
Passive Buildings Canada
- Nov 15, 2021
Cheaper by the 1/2 dozen (and blah vs BOG)
In our newsletter this month we share six original PBC pieces, reflect on blah vs BOG, along with stories that struck our fancy and more....
Passive Buildings Canada
- Oct 13, 2021
Code red & avoiding the hard pass for passive house
In this month's newsletter we recognize that with the recent climate report out it is no surprise that the situation is code red. ...
Passive Buildings Canada
- Sep 14, 2021
Looking out and in
This month in our newsletter we take a gander at passive house windows (videos below) from what to look for, to installation advice to...
Passive Buildings Canada
- Aug 13, 2021
Getting upfront with Carbon
In our newsletter this month (read it here!) we share stories and vids on embodied (upfront) carbon; present a project profile, highlight...
Passive Buildings Canada
- Jul 9, 2021
Cooling off with passive house
With super hot temperatures in Canada this summer our thoughts are turning to cooling off and passive house. We share some videos on...
Passive Buildings Canada
- Jun 4, 2021
Resilience event vids, EMBARC study, events, stories that struck our fancy(2021 v5 newsletter)
Read our most recent newsletter here and find videos of the Resilience in Canada event we co-hosted, upcoming PBC events, a request for...
Passive Buildings Canada
- May 7, 2021
Resilience in Canada, there's something happening here (2021 v4 newsletter)
In this month's newsletter we reflect on positive changes to the sustainable building movement and share details about an upcoming...
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