The guideperrier.ca website provides information on best practices in residential construction and renovation with a view to sustainable economic development.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n In housing, sustainable development implies the use of:<\/span> This approach aims for long-term economic development while protecting the quality of our environment.<\/span> Sustainable, healthy, ecological or energy-efficient materials?<\/b> Your reference for sustainable residential construction and renovation The guideperrier.ca website provides information on best practices in residential construction and renovation with a view to sustainable economic development. In housing, sustainable development implies the use of: 1- renewable resources as a priority, otherwise optimal use of non-renewable resources. 2- sustainable technologies that are easy to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":31078,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","iawp_total_views":31,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-distinctions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maxconstruction.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maxconstruction.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maxconstruction.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maxconstruction.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maxconstruction.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.maxconstruction.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maxconstruction.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maxconstruction.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maxconstruction.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maxconstruction.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/span>1- renewable resources as a priority, otherwise optimal use of non-renewable resources.<\/span>
\n<\/span>2- sustainable technologies that are easy to maintain (within the user’s reach)<\/span>
\n<\/span>3- energy-efficient design for construction and periodic maintenance.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>As an introduction to this subject, see <\/span>Ecological foundations of green buildings<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>There are many ways of looking at a product’s \u201cenvironmental\u201d credentials, but it’s a common misconception that using a natural product is more environmentally friendly. To assess sustainability, you need to: <\/span>
\n<\/span>– energetically assess its life cycle, from production of the resource to its destruction (from cradle to grave)<\/span>
\n<\/span>– where it comes from, depending on where it was built (to assess the energy impact of transport)<\/span>
\n<\/span>– its impact on water and air pollution and on public health<\/span>
\n<\/span>– its impact on other building materials used. We need to evaluate the performance of a wall, roof or floor construction system, not just a single material. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"