We’ve been busy!
Greening Homes is regularly involved in community outreach, education, and green building events. Below are just a few of the things we’ve been involved with over the past few years…
November 12-14, 2010
Greening Homes exhibited at the Fall Baby Time Show at Booth #473. This was an opportunity to take a look at the latest baby and toddler oriented products. Greening Homes services many clients who want to remodel their homes to create environmentally friendly, non-toxic and healthy spaces for their children.
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
Chris Phillips represented Greening Homes and the renovations sector in a CMHC Mortgage Loan Insurance Green Home Industry Consultation. This consultation brought together a select number of leading industry experts to search out their opinions on how best to promote government policies on energy conservation and initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change.
August 28th and 29th, 2010
Greening Homes exhibited as part of the City of Toronto’s Live Green Toronto Festival –Toronto’s annual celebration of all things green. Yonge Street, from Dundas to Queen, was closed off to traffic for two days of good clean fun in the sun!
Friday, April 23rd to Sunday, April 25th, 2010
Greening Homes exhibited at the Green Living Show, held at the Direct Energy Centre, Exhibition Place.
March 19th, 2010
Chris Phillips lectured at the School of Architecture, Ryerson University. Topic: “Building Materials and Impacts on Health”.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
The “Healthy Home” Sustainable Condo exhibit at Downsview Park was officially launched! Guided tours of the full-sized model condo built by Greening Homes are available Monday-Friday evenings from 6-9pm and on weekends from 1-3pm.
March 1st, 2010
Chris Phillips lectured at the School of Architecture, University of Toronto. Topic: “Building Materials and Impacts on Health”.
February 19-28, 2010
Greening Homes exhibited at The National Home Show, held at the Direct Energy Centre, Exhibition Place (Toronto). We were located in the Live Green Toronto Pavilion, Booth #LG 10!
Greening Homes is thrilled to announce its involvement in Version 2.0 of the Sustainable Condo, which will be on exhibit for the next two years at The Hangar, in Downsview Park, Toronto. The Sustainable Condo brings together a number of major players in the green building movement, and is a partnership that includes Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), and the not-for-profit EcoSmart Foundation. The Sustainable Condo is a showcase of the latest green materials and technologies and Greening Homes has been chosen as the builder! Please click here to learn more about the project, see a video of the construction process, and listen to Chris Phillips, Principal of Greening Homes, discuss some of the sustainable materials being used in the project! Greening Homes will be constructing the full-sized condo exhbit from Nov. 23 to Feb. 5, 2010.
Chris Phillips, Principal of Greening Homes, recently joined Fleming College’s Program Advisory Committee to begin the development of a new Sustainable Renovations programme. The first class is tentatively slated to begin in September 2010! Chris is a graduate of Fleming’s Sustainable Building Design and Construction programme.
Dec. 9, 2009
Greening Homes attended Building Science Insight 2009/10, a seminar series produced by the National Research Council of Canada. This year’s topic: Energy Efficiency in Buildings.
Dec. 2-3, 2009
Greening Homes attended The National Green Building Conference, participating in numerous seminars including information sessions on eliminating the vapour barrier in buildings and new green building materials and innovations entering the marketplace.
Green Building Materials Workshops 2009 (Chris Phillips, Presenter)
- Saturday, May 2, 2009 (10am-4pm) COMPLETED
- Sunday, November 8, 2009 (10am-4pm) COMPLETED
- Details for these events can be found on the Kortright Centre for Conservation website. 2010 WORKSHOP SCHEDULE TBA
October 9-12, 2009
Greening Homes will be exhibiting at The International Home Show, held at the International Centre, 6900 Airport Road (Toronto). Our booth this year will include four unique and scientifically sound experimental wall systems developed as part of Ryerson University’s Building Science graduate programme. The walls are made entirely from waste materials! Visit us in Hall 3, booth M01.
April 24-26, 2009
Greening Homes was an exhibitor at The Green Living Show, held at the Direct Energy Centre, Exhibition Place (Toronto).
Watch Chris Phillips, the Principal of Greening Homes, being interviewed about sustainable and healthy renovation practices by Colette Rabba, host of the design talk show Number 9 Design from 11am – 12noon EST on Thursday, February 19th. Missed it live? Click here to search ThatChannel.com’s archives for the audio version of the show!
Dec. 3-5, 2008
Greening Homes attended Construct Canada 2008, participating in numerous seminars including information sessions on sustainable insulation products and new green building materials entering the marketplace.
Nov. 4, 2008
Greening Homes attended Building Science Insight 2008/9, a seminar series produced by the National Research Council of Canada. This year’s topic: Single and Multi-Family Houses: Improving Performance Through a Systems Approach.
Sept. 25-26, 2008
Greening Homes attended IIDEX 2008, Canada’s premier design conference and trade show.
Fall 2008: Rammed earth bag cistern pad project, HOPE Community Garden. Greening Homes constructed an alternative platform out of rammed earth bags for a rainwater harvesting project led by Greenest City, a community environmental organisation in the Parkdale area of Toronto. With the help of a numerous volunteers, this project avoided the use of tons of environmentally unfriendly concrete. Read more about this project here.
“Renovating Green: The Right Materials Choice” by Chris Phillips
Published in the Fall 2008 issue of CondoMonde Magazine. Article details how to choose healthy material options for home renovations and features pictures of a recent Greening Homes whole house healthy renovation completed in Summer 2008, in the Annex area of Toronto.
Chris Phillips interviewed in May 2008 issue of Cottage Life Magazine for Leslie Garrett’s article, “A Cottage Greenovation”.
Green Building Materials Workshops 2008 (Chris Phillips, Presenter):
- Sunday, April 20, 2008 (10am-4pm) COMPLETED
- Sunday, November 9, 2008 (10am-4pm) COMPLETED
- Details for these events can be found on the Kortright Centre for Conservation website. 2009 WORKSHOP SCHEDULE TBA
April 25-27, 2008
Greening Homes exhibited at The Green Living Show, held at the Direct Energy Centre, Exhibition Place (Toronto).
On February 5, 2008 Greening Homes participated in the Health Canada Industry Consultation Webinar on the Proposed Priority List of Indoor Air Pollutants.
December 8th, 2007
Greening Homes was at the Toronto and Region Conservation Area’s Kortright Centre, presenting a 2-hour talk on Green Building Materials as part of the Passive Solar and Green Building Design workshop. Details of this event can be found on the Kortright Centre website.
October 2007
Greening Homes was invited by the Toronto International Home Show to construct a sustainable home display wall out of straw bale. This display was the backdrop for the main stage of the Green Street Pavilion. Greening Homes was interviewed and appeared on CFRB 1010 (radio), The Weather Network, and Rogers TV.