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Sunnyside passive solar house

Jul 31, 2017 | Built Infrastructure,  Eco Home Directory,  Resources
Owner-built small passive solar home with grid-tied PV system, heat pump, HRV and underground rainwater harvesting tanks for micro-drip garden irrigation. Design A passive solar design from a permaculture magazine and stock…
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A subtropical hydroponic greenhouse

Jul 31, 2017 | Eco Home Directory,  Food and Agriculture,  Resources
Unique 6,000 sq. ft. greenhouse with hyperadobe heat storage wall, high efficiency wood gasifier furnace and water storage cistern, experimental anaerobic digester, rainwater harvesting, commercial hydroponic lettuce production and subtropical…
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A Straw Bale Home crafted by hand

Jul 31, 2017 | Built Infrastructure,  Eco Home Directory,  Resources
Off-grid straw bale home: Andrew & Adina 1350 sq. ft home; water catchment system, greywater systems, passive solar design, solar panels for electricity, solar hot water panels for radiant floor…
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Featured Green Contractors from the Eco Living and Home Tour

Jul 21, 2017 | Built Infrastructure,  Eco Home Directory,  Resources
Biogas Digester Off-Grid Gas and Fertilizers, Kealan Gell info@offgridgas.org Builders Green City Builders, Sam FitzZaland 250-537-6296 www.greencitybuilders.ca Container homes Honomobo www.honomobo.com Electricians Bearfoot Renewables, Jeff Chamberland 250-538-7523 www.bearfootrenewables.ca Glass Furnace…
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How I Reduced Home-Energy Costs with FREE Upgrades from BCHydro

Jun 10, 2017 | Built Infrastructure,  Resources
My family’s home, a rented owner-built house divided into four suites, is a “Salt Spring 1970’s special”, built at a time when building codes were more relaxed. On the plus…
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“Friend” Your Local Bees

Jun 10, 2017 | Food and Agriculture,  Resources,  RRPAG
Safe Nests for Orchard Mason Bees (Osmia Spp.) Most gardeners have heard of the benefits of our native mason bees as pollinators for fruit trees and that putting up nests…
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