Okanagan College professor Brian Rippy retrofitted his own 1950s single-family home to build a safer, more comfortable living space for him and his family. And as an expert in sustainable building technology, he also turned it into a research project.
CO2 emissions from buildings represent close to 40% of global energy related CO2 emissions. Of those total emissions, operational emissions are responsible for 28%, while embodied emissions are responsible for…
This project explored the potential addition of a wood-fibre insulation manufacturing plant in British Columbia. This certainly seems like an opportune time to explore additional value-added capacity for wood product…
