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...LEED. We would appreciate any insights, thanks. Yes, you can choose LEED Providers from outside Quebec to get a LEED home certified in Quebec. There are no provincial boundaries that the CaGBC recognizes preventing you from shopping around for the cheapest way to get a LEED home certified. Here is a listing of LEED for...

Looking at a development project using screwpile support pillars instead of traditional concrete. The manufacture says that they are engineered to support the load of houses etc. Assuming we had engineered plans and the proper load points would it be possible to out one of the prefab homes on the piles? We have many mo...

...LEED and Passive House ready kit houses on this page here, and yes, they are available in the Eastern US seaboard, how soon are you building? There has been a lot of demand and our manufacturers are booked up until at least next summer. The best way to know when they will be available would be to become a free member o...

...LEED Platimum prefab kit house is delivered in panels and parts that are assembled on site, so size-wise it wouldn’t be any different that building from scratch on the same spot. 

How about hurricane, flooding and heat resistant kit homes?  You can see our prefab modular kit houses available across Canada and the US here There has been a lot of demand for houses and we are currently talking to prefab manufacturing companies across the US to increase distribution, When are you building? We are al...

...LEED ready, meaning the house would pass inspection, so if you meet all the LEED prerequisites for location, site and landscaping  you should be able to get it LEED certified. You can see our models here –  LEED and Passive House ready prefab kit houses for Canada and the US.  For additional manufacturers, try these tw...

...LEED and Passive House ready prefab modular Eco Home kit houses for Canada and the US  There is currently  the S1600 kit house model that is a little bigger than the 1200 you were looking for, but on the get a quote page you’ll a box to tick off about size. We have so much demand for prefab homes that without a doubt w...

I'm toying with the idea of building a custom home. I've done research on contracting, home building, Passive House Certification, etc. I'm by no means an expert but I have some knowledge that would make me wiser when choosing architects and contractors. I don't think I can convince my partner to go full-on passive, bu...

Legalett's air heated radiant floor system uses a sealed, closed-loop system, in part, to control moisture in the tubing and therefore mold growth. In Ecohome’s new demo house, did Legalett also build the Solar Air Panels to ensure a continuation of its closed loop system? In the last article about this latest demo ho...

We are currently living within the GTA area but looking to buy a land (within the next couple of years) about 2 hours away from the central Toronto area and build a new home. It will be a small 2-bedroom bungalow or rancher (just under 1400 sqft) that we would keep, essentially forever. We are both few years away from ...

8" semi rigid and 5 1/2" between the studs.  why not use 8" semi rigid, 3 1/2" between the studs and 2 " more semi rigid on the inside beneath the gyprock?  Is that possible? Hi Tom, 2x4s can be used for homes no problem, but it definitely fattens up the posts required between windows. The sections of wall between the ...

...LEED V4 platinum Edelweiss House where we employed a very comprehensive passive heating and cooling strategy in our and we had different coatings on the north windows compared to the south. The south windows were a lower R-value, so they do lose more heat in the night, but the Low-E coating was chosen and applied in a ...

...LEED Platinum house), but it helped get our air leakage rate to about 0.6 ACH (here is our air barrier installation video). As for ideal window placement within a wall assembly, if you are looking for the best performance from your windows and to reduce thermal bridging through the rough opening, they are best set insi...

in southern ontario If you go onto pages of any individual models of prefab kit houses for sale and in your case the S1600,  you will see a tab to request a quote. I know that demand is pretty high at the moment, how soon were you looking to build?    

Looking for info on builders on the west coast.  Hi Steven, Just confirming - you're asking if our prefab kit houses are available in Washington  and California? If so, when are you building?  We hope to be able to provide high performance modular prefab kit houses to in the Western US states in the near future. 

I have lakefront property and I was thinking of a prefab home.  Modern.  What should I be asking and what are the pitfalls?  I love this one: L’Abri 1850-BV But customer service is not responsive and that worries me..... Sorry that you didn’t hear back from the manufacturer, I know they have been swamped with requests....

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...LEED AP (Accredited Professional), or even having a LEED AP on your design team. You could receive a point towards certification by having an AP on your design team, but it isn't mandatory.  Here is a page to get you started -  How to build a LEED Certified Home What you need to do first is contact a LEED provider in ...