Tag Archives: City of Vancouver
Vancouver Heritage Foundation: Bringing It Back…’Old School’
The city of Vancouver has hundreds of designated heritage buildings that are part of your everyday urban environment whether you are aware of them or not. In Gastown and Chinatown alone there are 230 individual properties that have been deemed historic by the provincial government. If you bring North Vancouver, Vancouver West, Downtown Vancouver and … Read More
Green Building Practices No Longer Optional
For a time, green building practices and products were “suggestions” we made to homeowners. Due to budget constraints many have opted out. However, with recent changes to building by-laws for green homes, it may not be possible to “opt out”. Vancouver City Council has committed to the following targets for greenhouse gass (GHG) reductions: Reduce … Read More
Mayor Gregor Robertson on Greening Vancouver
Mayor Robertson is determined to make Vancouver the world’s greenest city by 2020 (click here for article). Some of the goals he has in mind are: Making the city a mecca for green enterprise by setting up a low-carbon economic development zone to attract investment for advancing renewable energy, energy-efficient and low-carbon technologies, with the … Read More
Sustainable Water Use
The first step to developing more sustainable water use practices is by assessing your current patterns. Here are a few average water use data provided by the City of Vancouver to help you start making more informed decisions: In home water use (average summer day) average toilet water usage: 76 litres per person per day … Read More
Greywater Recycling
Any household wastewater with the exception of wastewater from toilets (aka blackwater) is know as Greywater. Typically, 50-58% of household wastewater is greywater from kitchen sinks, dishwashers, bathroom sinks, tubs and showers. If you use a composting toilet, 100% of your household wastewater is greywater. We highly recommend Greywater recyling for irrigation because of the … Read More
City of Vancouver’s New Pilot Project: Solar Heating
The City of Vancouver is looking at a pilot project that would have the city pay half the cost of installing solar heating in your home. Typically a solar hot water system would cost around $7200. With the new pilot program, 50 homeowners selected for the program will only pay half of the bill. Peter … Read More
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