Sustainability

Interested in environmental stewardship, green technologies, and engineering sustainable living solutions? Our blog is open to submissions and we'd love to include your content in our editorial calendar.

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Environmentally Conscious Home Design: A Preliminary Information Package

Queen's Solar Design Team

Aug 13, 2019
1 min

Environmentally Conscious Home Design: A Preliminary Information Package

The Queen’s Solar Design Team is pleased to present this informative report discussing the conceptual design of sustainable housing...

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Building Green: 2 Ways the Construction Industry is lowering its Carbon Footprint

Queen's Solar Design Team

Aug 2, 2019
2 min

Building Green: 2 Ways the Construction Industry is lowering its Carbon Footprint

The construction and operation of our built environment, including buildings, roads, homes, and factories, is responsible for a...

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Drinking rainwater? Challenges in creating an off-grid water filtration system

Queen's Solar Design Team

Jul 10, 2019
1 min

Drinking rainwater? Challenges in creating an off-grid water filtration system

Water, one of our key resources, is readily available in most homes in Canada, and is delivered in a safe, clean state. However, many...

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Interview with Mark Ouseley: Biogas, Realistic Green Homes and Sustainability

Queen's Solar Design Team

Jul 9, 2019
1 min

Interview with Mark Ouseley: Biogas, Realistic Green Homes and Sustainability

Last week we met with Mark Ouseley, a Queen’s PhD student studying biogas technology and its applications! Check out the video interview.

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Queen's Solar Design Team

Jul 2, 2019
4 min

5 Ways to Cut Your Energy Bill

Does your energy bill frighten you each time you open it? Or do you just have an unexplained aversion to big numbers? From turning off...

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Queen's Solar Design Team

Jun 20, 2019
1 min

FREE Eco-Steward gift set GIVEAWAY

This month, we partnered with 3 local Kingston businesses to help you be more sustainable every day! Our three winners were selected on...

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Houses that Can Survive the Apocalypse: 5 Stunning Green Buildings in Canada

Queen's Solar Design Team

Jun 4, 2019
3 min

Houses that Can Survive the Apocalypse: 5 Stunning Green Buildings in Canada

Canadians are among the highest per-capita resource users of any country in the world despite our changing approach to stewardship...

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Borrowing the Sun's Energy: How do Solar Panels Work?

Queen's Solar Design Team

May 30, 2019
4 min

Borrowing the Sun's Energy: How do Solar Panels Work?

How do photovoltaic solar panels work, how do we store energy in a battery, and why do we need an inverter? Find out this and more!

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Autonomous, Net-Zero, or Passive: Demystifying Green Building Lingo

Queen's Solar Design Team

May 29, 2019
2 min

Autonomous, Net-Zero, or Passive: Demystifying Green Building Lingo

Ever wondered how photovoltaic solar panels work, how we store energy in a battery, why we need an inverter to convert direct current receiv

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Environmentally Conscious Home Design: A Preliminary Information Package

Building Green: 2 Ways the Construction Industry is lowering its Carbon Footprint

Drinking rainwater? Challenges in creating an off-grid water filtration system

Interview with Mark Ouseley: Biogas, Realistic Green Homes and Sustainability

5 Ways to Cut Your Energy Bill

FREE Eco-Steward gift set GIVEAWAY

Houses that Can Survive the Apocalypse: 5 Stunning Green Buildings in Canada

Borrowing the Sun's Energy: How do Solar Panels Work?

Autonomous, Net-Zero, or Passive: Demystifying Green Building Lingo

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