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Green building forum well-received

July 12, 2010 By John Gower Leave a Comment

The following is the text of a 10 minute presentation given as part of a Green Building Forum at Victoria’s annual Organic Island Sustainability Festival, held July 10 and 11^th, 2010.

Good morning. In the time I have available I’d like to share with you some ideas about what I think sustainable design means and some ways we can design homes to reduce their ecological footprint, reduce their cost and make them more resilient places to live the years to come. [Read more…]

12 Axioms for living lightly on the earth

February 1, 2010 By John Gower 2 Comments

People often ask what I think of this or that piece of new “green” technology. It’s as if achieving sustainability in our homes is primarily a technical matter — for example, adding the right kind of heat pump or solar panels. I won’t disagree that technology has a role to play. However, this role is relatively small and comes much later in the game, after many other less obvious but more significant steps. [Read more…]

We spent the night here last night and we absolutely LOVE our place. It is just gorgeous! Every square inch of it is well thought out, beautiful, all the views; from lying in bed, from working, from cooking, all the window views, everything is just gorgeous. Thank you so much for your work. Thanks for your help with colour choices; it looks great! You’ve done a fantastic job, I hope this piece is the highlight of your portfolio, or one of the highlights and brings you lots of work. Its a … Read more

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