When you think about geothermal power you may think of giant installations benefiting from the heat the earth produces; however much smaller geothermal setups exist. These smaller systems are often called geoexchanges since they cycle heat from the ground to the building above or vice versa. Small residential systems can
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Canadian Progressive World: Best Temporary Residences for Digital Nomads
To some extents, defining every single human being living on this planet through the twenty-first century as cyborgs is not an exaggeration. In fact, that is one fact that today’s people need to deal with and admit that they cannot survive without the presence of technology. When it comes to
Continue readingMelissa Fong: “Infinitely Privileged”?: Vancouver condo ads just got that much worse…
Of course, Vancouver has hit an all time ridiculousness. If all the DTES condo ads didn’t make you sick already (espousing creative class lifestyles or properties for all those exciting off-the-grid-go […]
Continue readingCarbon49 - Sustainability for Canadian businesses: Green Buildings Bring Vertical Forests to the City
Visually stunning and environmentally progressive condo buildings and office towers are appearing in Europe and Asia in recent years, including the Bosco Verticale in Milan, Hearst Tower in New York, and Urban Cactus in Rotterdam. Corporations and condo developers take note … whoever construct the first of this type of
Continue readingThings Are Good: Toronto Condo Developers Want More Bike Sharing, Less Focus on Cars
Despite repeated efforts by Toronto’s mayor to make transportation in the city worse, things are improving. Local condo developers are finding ways to build condo towers that don’t require more parking than the building needs (an archaic law in the city wants room for two cars for every bedroom built).
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