Consulting Services

GreenisMainstream.ca is dedicated to green building constuction in Canada. Green building can be affordable. The title suggests that green has entered the main stream of thinking. Green Designers/Architects: Lindy Consulting Limited is a Toronto based architecture firm specialized in green building and LEED consulting services. Members of the Canadian Green Building Council.


What is green building?

No longer is it the case that green building means living in a home built out of straw and off the grid. GreenisMainstream.ca- "Green Building" is about setting realistic goals based on what is affordable and what will have a realistic payback. For larger institutions, payback may be measured in corporate responsibility brownie points or may be measured in dollars and years. The payback for a residential homeowner may be having the sence that you are doing less harm and the monetary payback on the financial investment is usually easured somewhere between one and ten years, dpending on the system or product that is selected. The goals are simple: use less consume less, maintain what is working, dispose of materials responsibly. Its simple: Buy energy efficient appliances, low off gassing paint, buy an old house and renovate it, seal air penetrations, reinsulate, Consider using renewable energy sun ground heat even wind. Buy a good thermostat. Energy efficient light bulbs replace old drafty windows. In new construction limit thermal bridges and limit air flow between inside and outside. Live near transit, live in a multi unit higher density development.


Products

We advocate the use of readily available green building products. Products such as: Insulation, Air Barriers, Certified wood, Photovoltaic Panels, Low VOC Paint, Carpet, Sealants, Laminated Wood, Green Power Suppliers, Green Roofs,Energy Star Roofing, High Albedo Paving, Hot Water heaters, Geothermal, Water Efficiency, LED Lighting Cutoff Lighting, Heat Recovery Units, Recycled Wood, Shades/blinds, Thermostats, Steel with high recycled content, Post consumer recycled materials.
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