University College London (UCL) recently investigated the efficiency of various methods to reduce temperatures in the city. They found that painting the roofs of buildings with white or reflective coatings was the most efficient intervention to reduce inner-city temperatures. Then […]
It would be easy to quote the price per square metre for concrete home construction vis-à-vis the price per square metre for the same size wooden house. But direct comparisons like that fail to capture the complexity and nuance of
When renovating there are a lot of instances where you might want to attach wood to drywall, such as attaching baseboards or crown moulding to your walls. To get your job done properly you need to find the right kind
When new products come onto the market that offer some promise of savings or environmental benefits there’s always a certain amount of hype. Cross laminated timber (CLT) is no exception. It was first introduced in Europe in 1994 and has
