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April 4, 2016
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Green roofs give you all sorts of opportunities to play around and experiment with nature on your building. We've wanted to add bat boxes to our Sun Alta green roof for a while. If you're thinking about doing this yourself, now is the time to get started. Aim to have y...
February 2, 2016
There is some lack of consensus as to the benefits of green roofs in cold, heating dominant climates. There aren't a lot of studies done into this so the rule of thumb has generally been that green roofs provide their energy savings in hot climates where the demand is...
January 28, 2016
If you've ever tried to grow tomatoes on a balcony in Calgary, you might already know the answer to this question. It's dry, windy and cold! What doesn't dry up blows away. Anything on the building envelope is especially exposed. We face these same challenges when esta...