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Toronto, ON, M4M 1J6
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Living the Green Dream in an Energy-Efficient Passive Solar Home in Toronto /August 6, 2012 by Dakota Park

Jason Alleyne not only replaced his Willowdale home with a 3,300-square-foot dream house, but he also expects to cut his energy costs by a stunning 75 per cent.

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Blog Posts
Sustainability 101: Passive Solar
Sustainability 101: Passive Solar
about 10 months ago

This is the Sustainability 101 educational blog series! Our blog today will focus on Passive Solar Design.

Sustainability 101 : Our Story
Sustainability 101 : Our Story
about 11 months ago

Welcome to the Sustainability 101 educational blog series! During this blog series we will be discussing topics related to sustainable design in buildings, what they are and how they comprise part of our design philosophy.

Harnessing the Trias Energetica
Harnessing the Trias Energetica
about a year ago

The owners of what would become Willowdale Passive Solar House had a poorly built, leaky, drippy, mouldy home that needed to be torn down. We normally try to salvage stuff and avoid landfill, but there was truly nothing of value here.

The Toronto Method + Riseborough Residence (Or How I Learned to Love Exterior Insulation)
The Toronto Method + Riseborough Residence (Or How I Learned to Love Exterior Insulation)
about 2 years ago

SUSTAINABLE.TO Architecture + Building is literally pushing the building envelope. Proposing a forward-thinking, environmentally responsible, and energy-efficient wall assembly that improves the durability of your home to ensure improved occupant health and comfort.

Egale Centre Pride!
Egale Centre Pride!
about 2 years ago

SUSTAINABLE.TO Architecture + Building is proud to be leading the design for this game-changing facility — the 1st in Canada, and only the 9th in the world!

SUSTAINABLE.TO: Staying Ahead of the Curve
SUSTAINABLE.TO: Staying Ahead of the Curve
about 2 years ago

Since opening up shop in Toronto’s east end in 2009, SUSTAINABLE.TO Architecture + Building (STO) has jumped leaps and bounds towards establishing the new normal for how we think about building in a post-carbon world. In 2002, leading American architect Ed Mazria founded Architecture 2030, an organization committed to protecting our global environment by using innovation and common sense to develop and implement bold solutions to global warming. Mazria developed energy-reduction targets for buildings leading up to 2030 as a Challenge.