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    Manitoba couple embraces green living in province’s sole certified passive home

    Jan. 10, 2024 – Global News – Randy Webber and Mavis Lewis-Webber are embracing green living in Manitoba’s sole certified-passive…+

    Heat Pumps Challenge the Chill

    Sept. 8, 2023 – The National Observer – Ryan Kelly was already a heat pump advocate when he installed one…+

    Geothermal

    Geothermal or earth energy systems and ground-source heat pumps have been generating plenty of buzz in Manitoba in recent years for their…+

    Green building standards

     On this page, we will briefly introduce the following “green building” construction standards and programs available and show you where to…+

    Green roofs

    Green roofs, or rooftop gardens, refer to incorporating plants into a building’s roofing system. There are two basic types of…+

    Ventilation

    Good air ventilation is not so much a tool for reducing greenhouse gas emissions itself as it is an important…+

    Straw bale construction

    This construction method uses bales of straw for walls or wall insulation, which are usually covered in stucco. In an…+

    Doors

    Doors are generally not the energy guzzlers that windows are, simply because there are far fewer of them in a house….+

    Windows

    Statistically, windows are to blame for roughly 13% of air leakage in a house. (1) Any uncontrolled air movement in…+

    Air sealing

    Controlling air leakage is one of the cheapest – and most important – ways to make sure your home is…+

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