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Why $/sq.ft is the wrong first question?
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

Valentine Gomez
Jun 104 min read


Passive House vs. Law of Diminishing Returns
This article aims to remove the common bias of diminishing returns within high performance building components and touch on some of the...

Valentine Gomez
Apr 5, 20235 min read


It's Time To Address The Carbon Elephant In The Room
Guest lecture webinar by Valentine Gomez (Gomex Engineering) for Net Zero Atlantic on Jan 26, 2023. A short primer regarding embodied...

Valentine Gomez
Feb 6, 20231 min read


Severe storms highlight the importance of building resiliency.
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...

Valentine Gomez
Oct 7, 20228 min read
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