Bfreehomes Design Ltd.

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Bfreehomes Design Ltd.

Designing/Consulting @ energy efficient, green home renos and new construction

We offer design, design/build and consulting services for renovations and additions as well as new homes. Our services to homeowners include space planning, deep energy reduction strategies that aim for 70%-90% decrease in space and water heating, renewable energy and mechanical system selection, green materials selection and barrier free/universal design.

09/26/2024

I’ve just launched a newsletter that I’m calling ’The Home Stretch’ - its a long-form newsletter that gives me a chance to write on housing and sustainability as well as thoughts I have about the world and our place in it.

https://thehomestretch.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Please subscribe and let me know what you think!

Tips and Tricks for Sustainable Home Design (and other things too)

01/16/2020

Learn how a better envelope can save you and your clients big time on mechanical systems and utility costs on a with . I write about the new CBAT tool here. Link to registration in the flyer.

We're moving towards more energy efficient buildings - and so is the building code! That means our high performance houses must be code compliant and cost-effective. If only there were a tool that would successfully combine estimating and energy modelling. One that could chunk through thousands of c...

02/16/2018

something I wrote last year on my personal website...all about my garden and s**t. I'm wanting to get back into the dirt and the pit of despair. And writing that doesn't include any B.S. (as in building science).

https://t.co/voe92X68R0 https://t.co/vlEwmp4xDK

If you pronounce it in a s**tty Australian-tinged German accent, you can make it sound like Hegelkultur, which makes me pretty pleased to be synthesizing the ecology while composting all the junk in my garden.

02/15/2018

New article on the BHE blog: What Code Changes Could Cost, Part 1, and Part 2.

https://t.co/X1u9Mya7Q4 https://t.co/Y8L2794gVG

Building Code changes that require energy efficiency measures will increase capital costs, but what about the non-energy benefits they accrue?

01/25/2018

Exterior Wall Upgrade Study - Are You In? -

Did you know that only 4% of all energy efficient renovation projects in Natural Resources Canada's national database include exterior insulation? We think there's a higher proportion of exterior insulation projects in Atlantic Canada. This project goal is to document as many projects as possible, a...

01/23/2018

Exterior Wall Upgrade Study - Are You In?

01/22/2018

Latest newsletter from Blue House Energy: Energy Advisors and More Training for Less Money, plus: Is your blower door test code compliant? https://t.co/JSmoPMKwkM https://t.co/aKfDOmhA4E

Searching around for an interesting career in the building industry that gives you a strong foothold in residential construction and renovation? How to get past ‘go’ and into EA training.

01/15/2018

An update of CEU and CPD opportunities from Blue House Energy Online Training in Building Science and Construction Technology:

So it’s 2018! We’ve been busy tidying up some technical issues, sorting out the details on new offerings and updating our professional development credits.

01/05/2018

Newest newsletter from Blue House Energy

ABOUT BLUE HOUSE ENERGYWe provide online, high-quality, building science-based training to the home renovation and construction industry - from site crew to sales office staff.

12/19/2017

leading the way on : more than half of ’s population lives in a high rise MURB. That's nearly 2 million tonnes of every year. project aims for 40% in .

We need to significantly cut carbon emissions from existing buildings. TAF is doing is just that with the next phase of its TowerWise retrofit program.

12/18/2017

Good news for who heat with oil, wood or natural gas. You're now eligible for through funding from Pan-Canadian Framework on .

The approximately 50 per cent of Nova Scotian homeowners who do not use electric heat will now have access to affordable energy saving programs.

12/14/2017

Clean Foundation is hiring! Working as a CEA is a great job and career path. That's how I got started in this biz.

Thank-you for your interest in working with Clean Foundation. We look for talented, passionate people to join our team. If you wish to send in your resume, please email it to Mary Christopher at [email protected], fax it to 902-982-6768 or mail it to:

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