Lloyd Alter
@lloydalter.bsky.social
Author of"The Story of Upfront Carbon," reformed architect and developer, teacher of sustainable design at Toronto Metropolitan University. https://lloydalter.substack.com
Agreed, they need full doors without gaps, and usually that is how they are done.
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Agreed, they need full doors without gaps, and usually that is how they are done.
Love it! Took the kids there and couldn’t get them out of the pool. In February!
November 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Love it! Took the kids there and couldn’t get them out of the pool. In February!
Tactical Urbanism?
November 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Tactical Urbanism?
Best I have seen so far: "Sandwiches are a form of free spinach."
November 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Best I have seen so far: "Sandwiches are a form of free spinach."
Calgary is a hotbed of prefab straw bale construction.
November 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Calgary is a hotbed of prefab straw bale construction.
I wrote that article a few years ago, and there are no links to the studies. I am looking for them.
November 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I wrote that article a few years ago, and there are no links to the studies. I am looking for them.
Does Eglinton still have it? I will have to check! I have not been there in decades.
November 5, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Does Eglinton still have it? I will have to check! I have not been there in decades.
there was a rezoning sign in front of it for the longest time
November 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
there was a rezoning sign in front of it for the longest time
I looked at this a few years ago; I calculated that it took six seconds to walk to the dining room light switch before I got my Hue bulbs, and that I did this four times a day. It added up to a quarter pound's worth of calories not worked off per year.
November 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I looked at this a few years ago; I calculated that it took six seconds to walk to the dining room light switch before I got my Hue bulbs, and that I did this four times a day. It added up to a quarter pound's worth of calories not worked off per year.
Single-stairs let you build small, efficient buildings like they do in Europe. It gets so hard here when you have to do two stairs and a corridor between them. And they are safe, even when made of wood like this one lloydalter.substack.com/p/six-years-...
Six years ago, I called this the future of housing. It still is.
Here's what happens when a talented architect builds a home for four families, no developer needed.
lloydalter.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Single-stairs let you build small, efficient buildings like they do in Europe. It gets so hard here when you have to do two stairs and a corridor between them. And they are safe, even when made of wood like this one lloydalter.substack.com/p/six-years-...
And you know the importance of figuring out noon!
November 1, 2025 at 11:51 PM
And you know the importance of figuring out noon!
We have an LG OLED 55“ and it is glorious. We sit 5’ away, and every Blue Jays game or movie I think I want it bigger. 65s now cost what I paid for 55, go for it.
November 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
We have an LG OLED 55“ and it is glorious. We sit 5’ away, and every Blue Jays game or movie I think I want it bigger. 65s now cost what I paid for 55, go for it.
great point about his hate on modern toilets.
October 31, 2025 at 10:29 PM
great point about his hate on modern toilets.
The toilet is better quality too than the Home Depot special they put in.
October 31, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The toilet is better quality too than the Home Depot special they put in.
I agree, I worry about this overconfidence, which is why my wife calls me such a Debbie Downer.
October 31, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I agree, I worry about this overconfidence, which is why my wife calls me such a Debbie Downer.
The TD ads with Springer were boring when they ran years ago. They couldn’t even make new ones?
October 31, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The TD ads with Springer were boring when they ran years ago. They couldn’t even make new ones?