Articles
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4 Tips for a Healthy Garage
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7 Rules for a Healthy House Foundation
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A Guide to a Healthy Basement Part 1
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A Guide to chemical Free Living
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A Guide to Healthy Basement Concepts
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A Safe Haven
An article by Stephen published in Child’s Life magazine.
Excerpt: Rid your child’s room of toxins and allergens by choosing healthier products. Children of all ages treasure their bedrooms – it’s their refuge, their castle, their playroom and their safe haven. They spend as much time there as they can but is this space actually healthy for them?
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Best Flooring Options for a Healthy Home
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Could My Attic Be Affecting My Health?
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Does a House Need Ventilation?
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Greywater Recycling Systems for Homes
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Healthy Gardens for Allergy Sufferers
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Here’s What’s Hiding in Your Forced Air Ductwork: A Look at Healthy Home Heating
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How to Build a Healthy House? Durable and Resilient Walls are Key
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How to Choose Healthy Building Materials
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How To Collect Rainwater
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How to Create a Healthy Kids Room
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How to Have a Healthy Lawn
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How to Hire A Contractor When Indoor Air Quality is Important
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How to Make Your Living Room Healthier
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How To Reduce Your Hot Water Bill
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O Greenest Church? – The Anglican Journal
An article that discusses the need for sustainability and energy audits in faith community buildings, and Green Audits are discussed.
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Radiant Heating Systems: A Healthier Choice
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The Healthy Basement
An article by Stephen published in Allergic Living, January 2011.
Excerpt: “People with environmental sensitivities, allergies and asthma are often taught to shun basements as dark, dank places laden with triggers such as mold and chemical fumes. And that stereotype can hold true. But the basement also presents much needed extra space. So let’s show you how to make your downstairs a safe, comfortable and breathable area.”
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Tips for a Healthy Kitchen
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Tips to a Healthy Home: Air Filtration
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Tips to Creating a Healthy Bathroom
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Unhealthy Ventilation: What You Need to Know
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What’s Causing Air Leakage and Moisture in Your Basement
Links
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Canadians are circulating fresh air into their homes and pushing out potential toxic hazards
An article from The Globe & Mail featuring Stephen Collette.
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Green Baby: Lowering your carbon footprint
An article from Today’s Parent featuring Stephen Collette.
Excerpt: Given the rising tally of smog days every summer and warnings about the risk of toxins lurking in everything from apples to baby toys, it’s not hard to understand why Stephen and Laurie Collette, who live in Lakefield, Ont. with their two young daughters, are seeing a growing interest in earth-friendly lifestyles.
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Green Team Reduces Church’s Carbon Footprint – The Diocese of Toronto
An article that talks about a Green Audit I did for Holy Trinity Anglican Church.
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How To Collect Rainwater
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O Greenest Church? – The Anglican Journal
An article that discusses the need for sustainability and energy audits in faith community buildings, and Green Audits are discussed.
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The Home Energy Makeover
An article from MoneySense magazine featuring Stephen Collette.
Resources
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Canadian Building Digests
Canadian Building Digests were the original building science research papers created by the pioneers of this industry. Their research stands as a testament to the great minds in Canadian Building Science and is still more than relevant decades later. I have, on my own account, copied them off the internet and compiled them into a word document so that I can use it for my own personal use. Note: The link to this resource leads to a 1500 page word document, please allow sufficient time to download.
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Contributor – Llewelyn’s 2009 Green Living Guide
Originally published in 2009 Llewlyn’s guide provides helpful information for consumers to change their lifestyle and become more ecologically aware.
Amazon Description: “Renew, re-use, recycle” has become a call to action for millions who care about our planet. What can each of us do to ensure a bright future for our children, grandchildren, and forthcoming generations? The Green Living Guide―a new annual from Llewellyn―offers fresh ideas and Earth-friendly advice for sustaining our world.
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Creating Healthy Multi-Unit Housing – A Resource Guide
Authored by Stephen Collette for the Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation
“This Resource Guide was created as part of HomeSafe: Creating Healthy and Green Housing, an initiative of the Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation (CERA). It is designed for residential landlords, co-operative and condominium boards of directors, property managers, superintendents and others working in the multi-unit housing sector to complement CERA’s Guidelines for Creating Healthy Multi-Unit Housing. In the following pages you will find a wide variety of information and resources on how to improve the indoor air quality in residential buildings and make them environmentally safer for residents.”
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The Case for Better Integration of Children’s Environmental Health Protection into Energy Efficiency Programs
Canadian Environmental Law Association’s Healthy Retrofits: The Case for Better Integration of Children’s Environmental Health Protection into Energy Efficiency Programs - co-authored by Stephen Collette.
This PDF report was published by The Canadian Environmental Law Association in 2011. Length: 66 pages. “The purpose of this report is to evaluate the current state of knowledge and practice with respect to energy efficient renovations and retrofits in Canada generally and Ontario specifically, and the extent to which the programs that support these efforts incorporate children’s environmental health concerns.”