Live Green Now

Do you know why LEED, REAP and BuiltGreen home construction standards are good for the environment? In a recent post, Susan Boyce provided a nice summary. She explains that as the green revolution shifts into high gear an increasing number of vague acronyms and buzzwords are entering into the public consciousness. She then provides a quick guide to decoding the benefits of three emergin ...

Apparently the buildings we work and live in use approximately 35 to 40 per cent of the world's energy and are therefore responsible for emitting 35 to 40 per cent of the world's green house gasses! According to a Vancouver Sun article, Vancouver development management company reSource Rethinking Building is aware of these statistics and is leading the battle to fight conspicuous energy cons ...

A few months ago, Macdonald Realty Ltd. had a contest asking realtors to submit ideas to help Macdonald Realty be a better environmentally responsible company. The winner received a trip to Hawaii-it was great!

My idea focused on addressing the issue of climate change, since realtors drive so much and contribute to the problem. The idea won first prize and the program has now been imple ...