Sustainable Building
What is sustainable building?
While building new or renovating, sustainable building keeps the following in mind complementing the comforts we have become used to:
Renewable energy
Renewable, reusable and recycled materials
Water collection
Environmentally responsible and concious
Resource- efficient
Supporting local artisans, trade-workers, and suppliers.
Reducing the carbon-footprint
Replanting
Links
Homes
A Low Impact Woodland Home simondale.net/house
Mandala Custom Homes (Nelson, BC) mandalahomes.com
Earthship Biotecture earthship.com
Natural Materials
Dirt Craft Natural Building www.dirtcraft.ca/
Recycled/Reusing Materials
Paints
The Old Fashioned Milk Paint Company www.milkpaint.com
(available at Lee Valley)
Homestead House Paint Co. (Toronto) www.homesteadhouse.ca
