Footprint Sustainable Housing Corporation

05/31/2018

Great evening at 's project. Lots of insights in bringing this passive house to life.

05/30/2018

05/30/2018

How often have you joked that you get just about everything you need to keep your home going on Amazon? Well, now you can buy your actual home on Amazon too.

05/30/2018

Architect John Kinsley puts together a little project that addresses so many of the problems we face in our cities.

05/25/2018

update from Philly
Interior temps of each ice box:

Passive house ice box
19 C at 8pm
Box sealed at 5pm
6 C at midnight
Note: checked after an epic 3 hr cheesesteak journey
3 C at 8am

Code ice box
12 C at 8pm
Box installed at 3pm
8 C at midnight
5 C at 8am

Www.eastcoast.iceboxchallenge.com

05/25/2018

Another ice box challenge is underway in Philly. Not the easiest install but the ice is in and the boxes are cooling down after a hot day.
Www.eastcoast.iceboxchallenge.com

05/24/2018

Loaded and off to Philly. Thanks NYC

05/23/2018

Great turnout for the unveiling of the ice box challenge in NYC.

05/23/2018

Already for the unveiling. Come down to Broadway and W 39th st at 1pm and find out how much ice is left. Will the passive house ice box win again?

05/22/2018

Heading to New York to see how much ice has melted. A pic of the Lions in Vancouver that are original concept for the ice boxes.

Don't forget to vote as there are great prizes to be awarded.
Www.nyc.iceboxchallenge.com

05/19/2018

On the bustling streets of Broadway Boulevard in New York City, two multi-colored huts are trying to get the public excited about hyper efficient buildings. Part of the Ice Box Challenge, the environmental public art installation has been touring the world, demonstrating the merits of Passive...

05/09/2018

Getting closer to completion at Nada

05/09/2018

In Invermere, energy efficiency and affordability go hand in hand: https://bit.ly/2KM6P55

05/07/2018

The May 7 to 11 passive house tradesperson course is underway at BCIT: British Columbia Institute of Technology 's high performance building lab.

05/05/2018

A community site arranging events for all those based in New York who love Belgium

04/30/2018

Week #2 of the and the weather is warming up in New York. I wonder what is happening inside each of the boxes.

Www.nyc.iceboxchallenge.com
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04/24/2018

The ice in each box looks the same on Day 2, but what will they look like on May 23rd. You can enter the weight of each box on the final day and win prizes?

Go to
http://www.nyc.iceboxchallenge.com/

04/21/2018

04/21/2018

The ice boxes were shipped from Portland to New York.

04/18/2018

Pimp my passive house. Ice boxes are getting a new paint job before they are unveiled in New York

04/17/2018

demonstrating to the students 's high performance building lab

04/17/2018

Footprint is assisting Naturally Crafted in bringing Nada to reality. Check out their blog on our efforts...

Welcome to Episode 3 of our “Building a Low Impact Grocery Store” blog series! ICYMI – we’re almost done construction of Nada and have learned a lot about how to build and renovate with as little impact as we know how. Last week, we shared our overall construction decision process, which bas...

04/17/2018

Footprint is honoured to be a partner with BCIT's zero energy buildings program

https://commons.bcit.ca/zeroenergybuildings/partners/

OUR PARTNERS A special thank you to our diverse, committed and passionate partners. They support our projects in different ways and are leading the evolution of the energy-efficient building industry in British Columbia.  

04/16/2018

Another passive house tradesperson course is underway at 's high performance building lab.

04/10/2018

Ice Box Challenge update:
Boxes are in transit from Portland to New York.
New challenge starts April 21st in NYC
https://nyc.iceboxchallenge.com/

Discover the benefits of Passive House.

04/01/2018

Walking thru our house for the first time via virtual reality

03/29/2018

So cool for this acknowledgement for an amazing project.

03/24/2018

Garden home that is compact and modular. Tick tick tick the boxes. Very cool concept.

This proposed home for a young family incorporates an efficient roof garden.

03/24/2018

So the wok kitchen may become the robotic kitchen in the future?

03/15/2018

Wood insulation....