Month: November 2022

Canada must act to remain a leader on clean energy and do its part in ensuring an equitable, prosperous and safe energy future for our world

Signed into law in August, the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has been heralded as the biggest single piece of legislative action aimed at fighting climate change that the world has ever seen. It is worth remembering, though, that the huge IRA is not just one policy — but many — and will touch multiple sectors in the months and years ahead. Here, we focus on what the IRA means for clean energy in the U.S., which — like Canada — has committed to a net-zero electricity grid by 2035.

With US$369 billion dedicated to direct investments and tax credits, the IRA represents the single largest investment into climate and clean energy in history. This includes several provisions to support investments in clean electricity

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(Reuters) – It takes a special kind of moxie for a defendant to double down on a litigation tactic that the judge overseeing your case has described as “the stupidest thing I’ve ever read.”

The billionaire family that owns New York’s Madison Square Garden apparently has just that kind of temerity.

On Tuesday, after trial judges in both New York State Supreme Court and Delaware Chancery Court criticized a month-old MSG policy to ban plaintiffs lawyers who have sued the company for any reason from attending events at any of their venues, MSG sent out a new letters reinforcing the tires. Plaintiffs lawyers are not allowed into MSG, Radio City Music Hall, the Beacon Theater or the Chicago Theatre, no matter how they get tickets, the new letter said. And if they try to defy the ban and enter one of those venues, MSG advised, they

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The magazine is published for times a year (Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall) and is distributed to all CHBA members across Canada.

 

The CHBA Membership includes Developers, Renovators, and both Government and Industry Partners.

Each issue features articles and top stories on the latest tools, building materials, and new techniques.  Along with stories that feature inspiration profiles of successful CHBA members, insightful guest columns and interviews from CHBA partners.  The Building Excellence Digital Magazine takes a look at the market forces that impact everyone from the smallest contractor to large scale development companies.

Westeck Windows Mfg, Inc. is a proud Member of the CHBA Fraser Valley, CHBA Central Okanagan, HBA Vancouver – HAVAN and CHBA Vancouver Island.

In the Fall Edition of the Building Excellence Digital Magazine, Westeck Windows has a full page ad, pictured are some of the latest offerings from Westeck such as the

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Content courtesy of the NFRC

Home buyers increasingly want to live in an energy-efficient homes, and statistics show that the proportion of them willing to pay extra is rising fast.

In June 2022, NFRC hosted the “Residential Green Building Demand & Certification Trends,” where a panel of speakers shared their results based on surveys.

The event began with the Director of leadership and sustainability for the National Association of Realtors (NAR), sharing figures from the Home Buyers and Sellers Generational Trends Report survey of realtors: 50 percent reported helping buyers purchase a home with green features, a leap from 36 percent in 2021. Almost two-thirds of the realtors said that energy-efficiency technologies are valuable or somewhat valuable selling points to potential buyers. “This speaks to the growing awareness and understanding of sustainable homes, and there is value from the realtor’s side in being able to highlight and point

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A photographer has created a stunning underwater floral garden photoshoot that was inspired by the hit Netflix television show Bridgerton.

Kimber Greenwood, owner and lead photographer of Water Bear Photographytells MapPixel about the process of bringing this beautiful underwater shoot to life.

Before she started Water Bear Photography, which specializes in underwater portraits, development, boudoir, and maternity photography, Greenwood had been a scuba diver and lifeguard for over 20 years.

“Strangely, the water side came long before the photography side,” says Greenwood, who is based in Gainesville, Florida.

“I fell in love with technical cave diving and freediving, so it was so natural that soon after I got my first camera, I wanted to take it underwater!”

“Water Bear Photography specializes in creating one-of-a-kind shoots for brands, businesses, and individuals who want something creative and that no one else will have.”

For this underwater shoot, Greenwood found inspiration

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Some of the necessary steps in completing a WiFi community survey utilizing knowledgeable survey software is to ensure that you’ve gotten a correctly calibrated the floor plans used to conduct the survey. Without this step, your survey may be inaccurate or, at worst, worthless. In this article we take a look at why that is vital, together with the correct (and unsuitable) option to do it.

Whats up Karen and thanks for the query. Since there are so many supplies used in the construction of partitions in at this time’s RV’s, I can’t provide you with a definite answer. If you can’t use an ordinary stud finder to find any studs within the wall then you must use some kind of anchor to mount the shelves. I’d watch out to not overload the shelves with books or different heavy objects just to be on the safe facet though.

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Content courtesy of the chba

Every part of a Net Zero Home works together in harmony to create the ultimate energy efficient living space. Every aspect of the home, including the building envelope, mechanical systems, and renewable energy systems, works together as a system to ensure peak performance. Through advanced “building science” techniques, technologies, and products, builders can significantly reduce a home’s energy consumption.

Most Canadian homes use roughly half of their energy consumption on space heating. Net Zero Homes, on the other hand, use only about a quarter of the energy of conventional homes on space heating. Net Zero Homes have a superior building envelope. The building envelope is considered the “shell” of the home because it separates the indoor environment from the outdoor environment. It includes the home’s overall air-tightness, the insulation of the exterior walls, floors, ceilings, and foundation, as well as high-performance windows and doors.

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Content courtesy of the Pembina

The federal governmentpledged a raft of policies to tackle green house gasses generated from Canada’s built environment, including drafting a Canada Green Building Strategy.

Ottawa is funding programs to support retrofitting residential and commercial buildings to improve energy efficiency and allow switching from fossil-based energy to renewable sources. However, the government has yet to advance policies or provide sufficient funding to meet the goal of substantially decarbonizing Canada’s buildings.

Emissions in the buildings sector have been trending upwards since 2005 as Canada’s building stock continues to grow. It is critical that, as new buildings are constructed, they are net-zero ready and energy efficient to avoid the need for costly retrofits in the future.

However, by 2030, more than 80 per cent of Canada’s building stock will still be made up of buildings that exist now. The most recent data shows that the building sector

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Gwen Stefani53, and her husband Blake Shelton live with Gwen’s three children, Kingston, Zuma and Apollo, and they divide their time between LA and Oklahoma.

CONFESSION: Gwen Stefani makes a cheeky remark about her love life with Blake Shelton

On Tuesday, the No Doubt singer proves just how incredible her Los Angeles pad is, located in the Encino neighborhood of San Fernando Valley.

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WATCH: Gwen Stefani films inside LA mansion

Gwen picked up her phone and snapped her dog Betty lying on one of the loungers outside her property. “Betty getting some sun,” The Voices star captioned the sweet picture.

As well as capturing her pet pooch, the image allowed fans to peek into her

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If you’re planning a new bed for perennials, groundcovers, shrubs or trees to plant next spring, the path to success starts with a good foundation. It’s easier to improve soil before plants are in place, so the time to do so is now.

before beginning, remove weeds from the area.

Next, test your soil’s pH. Test kits are reasonably priced and widely available. Plus, most states have university-affiliated agricultural extension offices that offer low-cost testing services to home gardeners.

Each plant species thrives best at a specific pH range. If the reading is outside the target range for a plant, it won’t be able to avail itself of nutrients, whether from soil or fertilizer. So consider what you’ll be planting next year, learn its pH requirement and amend the soil if necessary.

Agriculture limestone will raise pH, and aluminum sulfate or sulfur will lower it. The package label will

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