About Your House

North Series

The North About Your House series is a series specifically designed around day to day Northern solutions as well as innovative Northern models of building practices which work under cold climate conditions. This series compliments the more in-depth North Research Reports. In this series you will find examples of how to use structural panels in the high arctic, means to cleanse wastewater in the North as well as demonstrated ways of constructing a roof which can withstand Northern conditions and how to choose a foundation system which will work in any of the Northern communities. Upcoming, expect articles on, how to keep your trucked water tank clean and how to reduce your utility costs through alternative means of energy production. Ideas for future articles are always welcomed, so please send your ideas to us!

• Building with Structural Panels Repulse Bay
• Snowshoe Inn, Fort Providence Co-Generation Model
• Eagle Lake Healthy House
• Arctic Hot Roof Design
• How to Prevent Plumbing and Heating Vent Stack Freeze-Up
• Fancoil Integrated Combination Heat and Domestic Hot Water Systems

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