Category Archives: Retrofit

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  Timeless Materials

  Posted on July 18, 2012 by somaearth in Building SOUL Blog, Healthy Building, Natural Building, Retrofit, Sustainable

  Recently, I made a trip out to the most wonderful reclaimed wood store called Timeless Materials in Kitchener, Ontario.  They have the best selection that I have ever seen. It is such a pleasure to walk through the 2 levels of barn that they have of their storehouse of materials.  From reclaimed wood strip flooring, [...]

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  Urban Sustainable Renovation

  Posted on May 11, 2012 by somaearth in Building SOUL Blog, Healthy Building, Natural Building, Retrofit, Sustainable

  This project was for a family with 2 teenagers in a house built about 20 years ago.  The entire house was renovated from the attic to the basement. The choice of materials throughout the house were chosen to reflect the client’s interest in sustainable building and their eclectic taste. The backspash in the kitchen is [...]

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  Organic Food, Organic Building

  Posted on May 11, 2012 by somaearth in Building Biology, Building SOUL Blog, Healthy Building, Natural Building, Passive House, Retrofit, Sustainable

  As we are taking greater care with the quality of the food that we put into our bodies, we can also take greater care with the quality buildings that we construct.  Not only for the health benefits of enhancing our physical bodies, but also for the greater good of a healthier earth that we can [...]

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  Sustainable Organic Farm & Educational Centre

  Posted on February 6, 2010 by soma earth in Building Biology, Building SOUL Blog, Eco-Village, Energy, Healthy Building, Natural Building, Retrofit, Sacred Geometry, Spirituality, Sustainable Farm

  Sustainable Organic Farm Design description 2009 Purpose The Farm Buildings have been designed to accommodate a family and staff, as well as occasional guests. It has been designed to provide a working example of a high performance, low embodied energy building which could easily be replicated on a larger or smaller scale. Design Main House [...]

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  Green Living Show Booth 2009

  Posted on May 2, 2009 by soma earth in Building SOUL Blog, EMF/Electricity, Energy, Green Living Show, Healthy Building, Natural Building, Natural Healing, Retrofit, Spirituality, Sustainable

  We just came back from a fantastic experience at the Green Living Show at the Direct Energy Centre, CNE, Toronto, April 24 – 26, 2009, where I launched our new book, soma earth HOME ENERGETIC BALANCING. As part of this launch, we opened our booth with a special blessing ceremony at 10 am. We created [...]

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  Green Living Show 2008 Report & this April 24-26, 2009

  Posted on March 16, 2009 by soma earth in Building SOUL Blog, Green Living Show, Healthy Building, Natural Building, Retrofit, Sustainable

  We are preparing to exhibit in the upcoming Green Living Show on April 24 – 26, 2009 at the CNE in Toronto.  We are designing our booth with local tree’s that we are hauling ourselves out of the woods from felled tree’s of one of our client’s projects this week.  We hope to create a [...]

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