Why we need “windows with purpose”
As the world heats up, we have to rethink how we design them, especially in multi family dwellings.
Another cyclist murdered by the construction industry and the government
It's not just the driver who right-hooked a cyclist in Hamilton; it's the entire system that puts money ahead of lives.
Lego changes course, will recircle instead of recycle
They tried to make Lego bricks out of recycled PET and couldn't make it work, but we can all learn a lesson from this.
When you look at the world through the lens of upfront carbon, it changes everything
Times have changed, and so has the way we look at saving existing buildings.
The Therme Spa at Ontario Place in Toronto is a carbon bomb that must be defused
Every tonne of CO2 emissions adds to global warming, and these buildings have many tonnes of glass, concrete and aluminum.
Nobody is telling you that you have to give up your hamburger or stop buying pants
But unfortunately, we should; our cities are responsible for vast carbon emissions, much of them from our consumption.
The three different kinds of obsolescence
An excerpt from my book, Living the 1.5 Degree Lifestyle
Are the new Apple Watches truly "carbon neutral"?
The only truly carbon-neutral watch is the one you don't buy.
Why everyone should have a bidet toilet seat
The Western toilet is a hygienic disaster. The bidet toilet seat helps a bit.
Car bloat is getting ridiculous and must be stopped
I complain about pickup trucks all summer, and now it is time to complain about SUVs.
When I hear the word "abatement," I reach for my delete key
We are hearing a lot about unabated fossil fuels, and industry plans to abate carbon emissions with storage or capture. It's all a sham
Stop the Presses for Labor Day (or Labour Day, which is how you should spell it)
The American Labor Day holiday is actually an import from Canada, but they forgot the U.
Ephemerality: Another radical design concept for the climate revolution
Revisiting Bucky Fuller's term for doing “more and more with less and less until eventually, you can do everything with nothing.”
The latest design trend: "House hushing"
It is a silly term that gets it backward, and has nothing to do with acoustics.
I keep saying people want walkable communities, but apparently I am wrong
A Pew survey finds that only young lefties want to walk to restaurants and schools.
OK, what should a green building look like?
It's going to be not too tall, not too big, not too glassy, boxy but beautiful, possibly Passivhaus, and it will have trees around it, not on it. Oh, and it is probably a bit boring.
Dear Zero: Please accept my apology and my explanation of why I hate AI images of buildings covered in trees
We have a carbon problem with construction, but putting trees on tall buildings solves nothing and could make it worse, and these images are everywhere now.
New study looks at the impact of frequent flyer points
And it's not pretty. Possible, a British charity thinks they should be banned.
Pedestrian bridges are mostly designed for cars, and we will be seeing more of them.
Get ready for a lot of fights about pedestrian rights.
We have to stop "carbon lock-in" now, and that means stopping Doug Ford from paving the Greenbelt
We are stuck with him for four more years, but we are stuck with his decisions for probably 40 years.