Written by: Dennis Gillis This project occurred at Saint Mary’s University, involving a 22 story 55 year old residence building with precast concrete cladding. The building had some symptoms indicating problems with the cladding, notably water infiltration in numerous areas, Read More …
United Churches in HRM are on a carbon-cutting mission thanks to Faithful Footprints, a funding stream that helps churches cut their GHG emissions through retrofits. By Zack Metcalfe, Climate Story Network For the first time in over a century, the Read More …
A new Building to Zero Exchange is helping the construction industry in Nova Scotia lower the carbon footprints of our homes – and help achieve our climate targets. By Sean Kelly, Climate Story Network Build it and they will come, Read More …
Written by: Lorrie Rand Construction is currently under way on Halifax’s first Passive House retrofit, or Enerphit project, designed by Habit Studio with builder Root Developments. The building is a two storey 1850s era house on Falkland Street in Halifax’s Read More …
Written by: Brandon Cosman On June 7th/8th, 2022, NB Power hosted their annual Energizing Efficiency Conference at the Trade and Convention Centre in Saint John, NB. This was their first time holding the event in an in-person public setting in Read More …