Retrofitting building components with high-performance insulation to maintain stable thermal temperatures can increase the energy efficiency of a building. Going one step further, roof replacements are one of the most common and effective envelope...
Tag: Energy savings
Cold storage: How smart roof design saves energy
(01/03/2022)
According to Energy Star, R-value is a measure of an insulation’s ability to resist heat traveling through it.
California-based Eco Innovation Group (ECOX), specializing in environmental technologies, signed a non-binding term sheet with Alberta corporation Spruce Construction Inc. and its shareholder to acquire its assets.
The City of Mississauga, Ont., recently installed solar panels as part of a pilot program to heat the Lions Club of Credit Valley Outdoor Pool. This is the first City outdoor pool to be...
Using reflective foil as a vapour barrier
(01/08/2018)
Space-heating accounts for more than 60 per cent of the total residential energy consumption in Canada, but for the coldest parts of the country, it represents more than 70 per cent of the total...
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