Posts by Livable Canada
The Home Smart Home Roundtable
Have you ever stopped to consider how your living environment can enable or disable you? Now imagine having a chronic condition or physical disability that exaggerates those challenges. Alongside the essential mobility issues some homes present, lighting, acoustics, room and ceiling structure, ergonomics, and lack of modern technology can also play a massive role in…
Read MoreHome Smart Home Documentary
Watch the trailer below: Click the link to view the full documentary: https://youtu.be/DUTbb7r3Lt8 Have you ever stopped to consider how your living environment can enable or disable you? Now imagine having a chronic condition or physical disability that exaggerates those challenges. Alongside the essential mobility issues some homes present, lighting, acoustics, room and ceiling structure,…
Read MoreBeyond Just Cabinets
As a designer, you spend most of your time on the overall appearance of the space. Your customer is giving you colors and finishes, appliances, etc., of what they want, but often the most essential part of a space is overlooked, and that is how it functions. In this presentation, you will learn to look…
Read MoreBarrier Free Bathrooms Accessible Design for the Built Environment
Mandated requirements for accessibility in Canada and demand from an aging population, is creating a growing need for barrier-free bathrooms. Today’s accessibility compliant bathroom no longer has to be utilitarian or “institutional” in its design. Design options are enhanced through the use of tile and innovative construction methods. The result is beautiful bathrooms that also…
Read MoreClean Air Matters to Your Home
Delos is a global wellness leader with a mission to enhance health and well-being in the spaces where we live, work, learn and play. In this presentation Delos’s head of labs Dr. Zhao and Isaac Mulvhill Senior Vice President of product development at Delos will be speaking about the importance of clean air in your…
Read MoreUniversal Design and Living Well in Place: Housing Solutions by Panasonic
North America is in desperate need of more inclusive housing for those with accessibility needs and seniors wishing to thrive in their homes for years to come. Universally designed housing is needed to create innovative ways that eliminate barriers so people can continue to live well in place. Panasonic recognizes the need to provide solutions…
Read MoreAward Winning Kitchen. Designed with Aging in Place in Mind
Join Mina Zeighami, Founder and Principal Designer at Design by Azure for a design tour of her award winning Doris kitchen project. The homeowners, a couple in their late 60’s and early 70s, downsized from a large detached home in the suburbs into a Toronto penthouse apartment after their children left home. They wanted a…
Read MoreAging in Place with Wellness in Mind
Globally, our aging population has many challenges facing them on a daily basis. Everyone wants to feel, safe, secure and comfortable while living independently in their home. The past two years COVID has forced us to re-examine how wellness has impacted the livable environment because we were forced to live, work and play 24/7 in…
Read MoreSilence is the Key to Success
Promoting and providing factual benefits for soundproof windows and doors. The impact on daily health, maintenance rehabilitation for those suffering from sleep disturbances, cognitive, physical, and sensory impairments. Speaker John Groe
Read MoreDesigning for Wellness
This 30 minute presentation will guide us to understand the trends that are influencing residential design in a Post-Covid era. We will look at how coating technologies can help contribute to well-being, with respect to indoor air quality, odours and mold and mildew. We will briefly review the biophilic design elements that harness the power…
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