leed-prefab-homes / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

  Prefab homes are a very credible option for high performance home construction. When it comes to high efficiency sustainable housing, until recently prefab homes didn't even show up on the radar. A few companies in recent years have taken huge steps to change that, notably with the recent completion of the Beachaus I...

Prefab home kits are ideal for Passive House or LEED certified homes Écohabitation the French language Quebec organization, in conjunction with experienced LEED Architects & Passive House or LEED standard Kit home manufacturers, have launched a series of stylish & affordable prefabricated sustainable green kit ...

Prefab home kits are ideal for Passive House or LEED certified homes Écohabitation the French language Quebec affiliates of Ecohome, in conjunction with experienced architects and kit home manufacturers, have launched a series of Canadian manufactured stylish and affordable, prefabricated sustainable green kit homes th...

The checklist will help you understand the requirements for each LEED category, and help you decide on your targeted level of certification. It will not only be used for the evaluation of your project, but you can use it for tracking your progress. The checklist will allow you to: Meet the criteria for each category D...

Exceptional prefab eco homes - introducing the Abri range These ultra high performance prefabricated homes have a size to suit every family and budget. With a contemporary style and extremely high quality of construction, these bright and well designed homes are an affordable and high quality choice when thinking of bu...

Prefab LEED Platinum kit house in Montreal   Ellen and Roman Szumski earned LEED® Platinum certification for their home in Labelle, in the Laurentian Mountains of Quebec and EcoHome took a look. LEED is a point-based green building rating system, so we must emphasize the exceptional performance of this house, particula...

Getting started with LEED The LEED ® Canada for Homes certification program is based on documentation of the building process and visual inspections by LEED certified Green Raters. Upon successful completion of your project, your home can be awarded a level of either Certified, Silver, Gold or the highest possible lev...

Toilets usually account for about a third of the indoor water use in a home, so toilets that carry the EPA WaterSense® label are a great place to start looking. Then comes the choice of either single flush or dual flush- it's a bit of a toss up but in the end we chose to go with single flush models, because when human ...

Affordable prefab eco homes are a growing green home building trend across the US and Canada, as you may have already seen on our pages or in the press. Economies of scale, the savings in materials and the speed and quality of construction are certainly motivating factors persuading homebuyers to take a fresh look at p...

This is designed to offer only an overview of the 19 LEED for homes prerequisites that must be met for certification. Not all categories have prerequisites, and some have more than one. Please refer to the rating system for more details. Innovation & Design Process (ID)  1.1 Preliminary rating:   Conduct a prelimin...

LEED Canada for Homes Providers: Atlantic Canada: Quebec: ThermalWise ThermalWise is Atlantic Canada’s leading building performance consulting company. We support building owners, developers, designers, contractors, property managers and communities to be more sustainable, and energy-efficient while also c...