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‘Net-zero’ shipping container home being built in eco-friendly Calgary community
An Alberta home developer is building its first shipping container home in northwest Calgary. On Wednesday, a crane lowered four sea cans into place in EchoHaven, an eco-friendly development in Rocky Ridge where none of the homes have natural-gas services. “It’s a lot like Tetris, mo...Read more -
Tiny house wave comes to Hamilton with new affordable housing project
Tiny house wave comes to Hamilton with new affordable housing project hope combining the tiny home trend with Hamilton’s laneways will ease the housing crisis. Is 400 square feet a lot of space? It’s two-and-a-half times the size of a parking space. It’s the size of an average t...Read more -
Shipping container homes unveiled in Vancouver
The 320-square-foot containers feature a private bathroom, kitchen and in-suite laundry CBC News • Posted: Aug 01, 2013 12:52 PM PT Last Updated: August 2, 2013 An affordable housing complex built from a dozen old shipping containers was unveiled today in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. The...Read more -
Builders bring container house concept to Alberta
It may look average. But this tiny house deep in southwest Edmonton is far from typical. The 640 square foot, two-storey house was shipped from China in steel shipping containers. What’s different about this model is that the shipping containers themselves make up the home’s foundation. Entrepre...Read more -
Hamilton is delivered its first shipping container home
Geoffrey Young sat on a bench, watching intently from across the street as crews assembled the eight shipping containers that will make up his home — the first of its kind in Hamilton. Young, along with his family and red containers, arrived in the city Wednesday to a p...Read more