The Whole Building Design Guide website is an incredible wealth of information; you can access it here at:  www.wbdg.org.

source: Business in Vancouver March 18-24, 2008; issue 960

Real estate roundup: Peter Mitham

Vancouver green building centre gets federal government funding boost

There’s some green backing for a Vancouver initiative backing green buildings.

The federal government is putting $180,000 behind the Light House Sustainable Building Centre on Granville Island.

Chickens feathers and slugs have given way to pumice and
curved walls. As May comes to a close who would have imagined that playing in
the mud, learning code and experimenting with pumice would garner so much
interest, and that so much fun and excitement could come out of a little bit of
arbutus, recycled glass blocks, a roto tiller, our first workshop of the

Greater Vancouver has built a reputation as a centre for urban sustainability. Now that distinction has been documented in one place: The Greater Vancouver GreenGuide. Showcasing how Greater Vancouver builders and designers are turning ideas into action, the GreenGuide is a 208 page guide book that includes a map, and has an associated website www.greatervancouvergreenguide.ca

Light House discussion forums are the place to search and browse the latest sustainable building news, to ask question