Built Infrastructure

Green Building Projects? Slegg Can Support You

We are grateful that Slegg Building Materials is a Presenting Sponsor for the 2019 Eco Living and Home Tour! Slegg’s General Manager on Salt Spring, Curtiss Maude, and local Slegg…
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Renewable Energy in the Eco Living Landscape

The Eco Living and Home Tour is grateful to have Bearfoot Renewables as one of its Presenting Sponsors. We connected with owner Jeff Chamberland by phone to ask him some…
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A Low-Carbon Citrus Greenhouse in Canada- local grower frequently featured on our Ecohome tour!

Growing Subtropical Fruit with Minimal Inputs for Heat, Water and Nutrients May 7, 2019 (reposted from BC Farms And Food) On Salt Spring Island, in Canada’s Pacific maritime climate, oranges…
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Eco Home Tour: What’s it all about?

Passionate owner-builders. Innovative designs. Lush, locavore landscapes. See all this and more at Transition Salt Spring’s biannual eco-living and home tour. This short film is a snapshot into this great…
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Half-moon passive solar perch

Passive solar house and organic farm. Owner design-build. The site The land is a reclaimed old rock quarry and the house is sited in a south-facing bowl overlooking a pond…
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High style container home

Four repurposed shipping containers provide a compact super-insulated hideaway overlooking the ocean. Heat pump and heat recovery ventilator (HRV). The site The site is ecologically sensitive and has a steep…
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Remodeled oceanfront home from 1920’s

Old house with various additions was completely remodeled in 2012 and now includes ductless heat pump, grid-tied PV system, rainwater catchment, both fenced and unfenced deer-proof permaculture gardens, and Salt…
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Solar Cottage/Retrofit: any home can become an eco home!

Rainwater collection system provides household and garden irrigation needs. Thermal retrofit of older Pan-Abode log cottage, with air source heat pump and solar hot water pre-heat. Electric Vehicle. Rainwater collection …
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Salt Spring Island Tiny Homes: West coast craftsmanship, to scale

Made by Website-ssitinyhomes.com email-info@ssitinyhomes.com This Tiny House under construction will have all the comforts of home packed into a 10’x 19’ footprint. Tiny House Size affects a home’s affordability and its environmental footprint.…
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Green City Builders: Net-zero in action

New net-zero 600 sq. ft. super-insulated office, showroom and storage space designed for environmental sustainability, low maintenance and low operating costs. Located in Ganges village to reduce travel and related…
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