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8 strategies for multifamily passive house design projects

BD+C

8 strategies for multifamily passive house design projects 0 qpurcell Mon, 11/20/2023 - 12:22 Sustainability Stantec's Brett Lambert, Principal of Architecture and Passive House Certified Consultant, uses the Northland Newton Development project to guide designers with eight tips for designing multifamily passive house projects.

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M&E contractor Mitton files administration notice

Construction Enquirer

Notices have also been served on group companies Mitton Mechanical Services, Mitton Electrical Services and Mitton Aftercare. Latest accounts filed at Companies House show the H Mitton group had a turnover of for the year to January 27 2022 of £33.7m generating a pre-tax profit of £583,000 while employing 312 staff.

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Vancouver Leaving LEED for Zero Emission Building Mandate, But.

Green Building Law Update

Beginning now, all new City owned and Vancouver Affordable Housing Agency projects will be certified to the Passive House standard or an alternate zero emission building standard in lieu of certifying to LEED Gold. Since 2004, Vancouver required civic buildings be certified LEED Gold and the move to Passive House is dramatic.

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Civils firms warn over drop in roads and prelim workloads

Construction Enquirer

Civils contractors are reporting cooling workloads in the roads and preliminary housing works sectors after several years of roaring growth. Preliminary works and motorway trunk roads showed the greatest slowdown but non renewable electricity, local roads and airports are also declining. New order levels also follow a similar pattern.

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The Greened House Effect

Natural Building

Published in 2013 by Chelsea Green, The Greened House Effect: Renovating Your Home with a Deep Energy Retrofit , by Jeff Wilson, is a worthy read. The Wilson family had dreamed of building a new house in the countryside, abandoning their 70 year old house in Athens, Ohio. This includes foundations, floors, walls and roofs.

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How the Construction Industry Is Rethinking Workforce Development

Pro Builder

-based organization dedicated to addressing the construction worker shortage, she wondered about the root causes of the housing industry’s skilled worker shortage. What Minic found was a weak talent pipeline, a disconnect between what schools teach and what employers need, and way too much employee churn.

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3 Ways Lean Design Can Help Home Builders Recover Margins

Pro Builder

Skyrocketing material and labor costs followed by sharp interest rate increases have worsened the current housing affordability crisis. To this day, I have yet to walk into a house that doesn’t have considerable excess lumber that can easily and safely be eliminated. Todd Hallett, AIA. Image: courtesy Todd Hallett .

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