Article updated May 2026 Understanding how climate zones impact energy loads in houses is crucial, especially as climate change continues to impact weather patterns and temperature extremes across the country. Climate zones, seasonal and daily fluctuations, wind patterns, hours of sunlight, solar energy potential - these are some of the...
How Climate Impacts Home Construction in Canada
Shawna HendersonMay 19, 2021
Question: How to stop pressure-driven water leakage at windows
Shawna HendersonJanuary 19, 2015
This happens in specific conditions, on specific faces of houses in Nova Scotia: wind storms carrying a whole lot of rain come ripping of the North Atlantic and drive rain horizontally. And only when the wind is out of a certain quadrant does the window leak. The pressure on the...
Explaining Concepts without Using Your Hands.
Shawna HendersonSeptember 11, 2014
There's a fine line to walk between simplifying information and dumbing it down so that it's useless. Concepts need to be understood. That's the challenge for anyone in training, but especially so for on-demand training, where there is no direct contact between a learner and the trainer. In face-to-face situations,...