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Category Archives: Green buildings

Agriculture grows up?

February 17, 2015by Sharon Boddy 1 Comment

There’s only so much arable land on this Earth to go around and since we’ve plowed under, asphalted over or otherwise spoiled a lot of it, it can’t hurt to […]

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Green buildings, Local agriculture, Renewable energy

Come for the crocs, stay for the sustainability

February 5, 2015by Sharon Boddy Leave a comment

The California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco is home to Claude, an albino crocodile who greets you within moments of stepping inside. Now, Claude (and the various other fish, […]

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Green buildings, Green roofs, Renewable energy

Rethinking the role of buildings

January 16, 2015by Sharon Boddy Leave a comment

This paper was originally published in 2010 as part of the Ontario Architects Association continuing education series. Researched and written by Sharon Boddy, with input from Doug Pollard, Woytek Kujawski and Fanis Grammenos […]

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Green buildings

Heating things up in Okotoks, Alberta

January 16, 2015by Sharon Boddy Leave a comment

Imagine being able to store a summer’s worth of heat for use in a cold Prairie winter.That’s exactly what they do in Drake Landing, a 52-home solar thermal development in Okotoks, Alberta, […]

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Green buildings, Renewable energy

Klosterenga: Oslo, Norway

January 16, 2015by Sharon Boddy Leave a comment

Excerpted from a case study written by Sharon Boddy for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Klosterenga, a 35-unit residential apartment building located in Oslo, Norway, shows how well-thought-out building design coupled with a wide […]

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Energy efficiency, Green buildings, Green roofs, Transportation, Waste management

Malmö’s green urban developments

January 16, 2015by Sharon Boddy Leave a comment

BO01 = “Bo” means living in Swedish; 01 was the construction year (2001). From design to full development, BO01 in Malmö, Sweden is a model of sustainability. The site, originally a landfill […]

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Energy efficiency, Environmental policy, Green buildings, Transportation, Waste management

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