Show Notes
The built environment accounts for 39 percent of annual global CO2 emissions, according to the World Green Building Council and Passive House is widely recognized as the most powerful tool we have today to produce buildings that help to mitigate these emissions. Ontarians like most people worldwide want a level of comfort and safety in their homes and passive houses offers that. Greg Leskien, a certified Passive House consultant and C.E.T., an expert in the design, construction review, and ve...
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