We are honoured and excited to be recognized as the winner of a Sustainable Communities award, which recognizes inspiring environmental initiatives from across the country. Since 2001, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Sustainable Community Awards showcases and celebrates environmental initiatives and sustainability trailblazers in municipalities across Canada. Blatchford is the winner of their Neighbourhoods category….
Category: Environment
Summer Newsletter
Homes to fall in love with Beautiful architecture, green building features, and a great location that’s just steps away from our central park and just minutes away from our downtown. There’s a lot to love about the first Blatchford homes. Here’s the latest from our builders. Encore Master Builder – Enjoy the view from your private rooftop…
Mother Nature-approved landscaping brings buzz to Blatchford
A best-of-both worlds approach is helping to design Blatchford green spaces, with resulting landscaping that is both beautiful and environmentally smart. But if it’s just trees, grass and plants, isn’t it “naturally nature” and automatically environmentally friendly? Not always. In urban areas where we two-legged creatures have drastically changed the landscape, we need to thoughtfully design…
District Energy Sharing System 101
Blatchford Renewable Energy is helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the community by delivering shared, renewable energy to homes and businesses through a community-wide District Energy Sharing System. Sounds great, right? But how exactly does a District Energy Sharing System work? In order to understand it, we have to look both up to the sky and…
Spring 2020 Newsletter
We hope you are staying safe and finding ways to adjust to our ‘new reality’. Whether it’s working from home or finding new ways to (virtually) connect with friends and family, we’re all experiencing an unexpected year of change. While there is no such thing as ‘business as usual’ in these times, we are still…
Tapping into a renewable energy source right under our feet.
To help achieve Blatchford’s goal to be a carbon-neutral community that uses renewable energy, a District Energy Sharing System will provide environmentally-friendly heating, cooling and hot water to homes and buildings. But how are we making this happen? By tapping into a renewable energy source that is all around us – or below us, to…