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By Angela Gismondi
December 1, 2021

A new smart microgrid community in Pickering, Ont. demonstrates how developers, communities and hydro companies can work together to create more energy-efficient housing developments while helping homeowners reduce their electricity bills.

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By Jenny Febbraro
November 27, 2021

What is the future of home-buying in the age of a climate crisis? Given the increasing frequency of power outages, developers will be looking to the new Altona Towns, the first microgrid community, as its blueprint.

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By Frazer Snowdon
November 12, 2021

If you’ve ever wanted to live off the grid — a newly built Pickering development may be just the place for you.

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By Glenn Hendry
August 20, 2021

A micro-grid community in Pickering – Canada’s first – features a localized electrical grid that saves homeowners money by augmenting their power supply and also providing backup power if there’s an outage.

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By Tyler Dawson
July 26, 2021

One form of multi-generational housing gaining popularity is the custom-built ground-level home within a home…

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By Darrell Proctor
July 1, 2021

Many areas across the globe are looking at providing non-traditional power to residential neighborhoods, part of a push to make a community’s electricity supply more reliable and resilient…

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By Hari Suthan
June 2, 2021

The Smart Microgrid Community is the first preplanned nest microgrid project in Canada to integrate a full-scale, operational smart residential energy system. The community includes ….

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By Kira Vermond
May 20, 2021

Within a few days of moving into his new townhouse, part of the recently built Altona Towns development in Pickering, Conor Soye was ….

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By Tracy Hanes
June 17, 2020

A growing trend in home use is rising from a tradition that was once just the way we lived: multi-generational housing.

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By Tess Kalinowski, Real Estate Reporter
January 2, 2019

When Mark Rittinger began dating his wife, Ana, she was clear: at some point her parents would be living with them.
“As long as I was cool with that, the relationship could continue. But if I wasn’t cool, she wanted me to know ….

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By ALI AMAD
April 16, 2019

A Toronto builder is making homes specifically designed for multiple generations, each in their own space, all under one roof

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By Tracy Hanes Special to the Star
August 17, 2018

A new townhouse project in Pickering is harnessing the power of the sun and the power of the next generation at builder Marshall Homes ….

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