When shopping for a home, one of the first questions people ask is: "What’s the price per square foot?" It has become one of the most commonly used shortcuts in real estate. Buyers compare neighbourhoods, listings, and markets using a simple formula: Price ÷ Square Footage = $/Sq.Ft. But imagine applying that same logic to buying a car. A Honda Accord has a footprint of roughly 103 square feet. At a purchase price of about $40,000 CAD, that’s approximately $390 per square foo

On Sept 23, 2022, Hurricane Fiona made landfall on PEI as a Category 1 hurricane with winds up to 111 km/hr. Immediately following the...

This is a summary of Elrond Burrell's excellent article explaining why complex building forms make it harder to achieve the Passive House...