HIGH-TECH GREENHOUSE PLANNED FOR VANCOUVER DOWNTOWN PARKADE ROOF
UNDERUSED SPACE TO PRODUCE 95 TONNES OF GREENS A YEAR The roof of a city-owned downtown parkade will be converted to a high-tech vertical growing space capable of producing 95 tonnes of fresh vegetables a year. Vancouver-based Valcent Products has entered into a memorandum of understanding with EasyPark, the corporate manager of the city’s parkades, [...]
EVERGREEN – BOWEN ISLAND
EVERGREEN IS UNFOLDING SIMPLY BOWEN All too often, our modern lifestyle sacrifices “life” for style. Our families are burdened by the need for two incomes to afford our larger homes, our two cars, our frequent travels and more. Today, we are seeing smaller families living in larger homes with hardly enough time to sit down [...]
BEIJING-BASED DEVELOPER OPENS FIRST BC PROJECT
YU CONDOMINIUM BY BEIJING – BASED MODERN GREEN One of China’s biggest green developers is constructing its first project in Canada, and marketers are expecting a quick sale when units hit the market this weekend. The University of B.C. residential project, called Yu, is a Canadian first for Beijing-based Modern Green. The company has so [...]
BUILDERS BRINGING AN ENERGY-EFFICIENT OPTION TO MARKET
The march towards turning new single family homes from energy wasters into energy savers seems to finally be picking up speed. An increasing number of builders large and small are offering Energy Star and Greenhouse rated homes as options and upgrades to buyers. Some custom home builders are even starting to focus on delivering high-end [...]
JOE’S HOUSE – OSBURNE/CLARKE PRODUCTION INC. – BRITISH COLUMBIA
JOE’S HOUSE – BY OSBURNE/CLARKE PRODUCTION Joe’s house is one of a group of buildings commissioned by the same client for an island off the south west coast of British Columbia, Canada. Prior to this project the island had never been built upon. It remains today completely unserviced and off the grid. Water is collected [...]
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