LEED / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...LEED V4 Platinum Edelweiss House as an experiment in performance building (seen below), and modelling showed over 50% of the heat load was provided by direct sun from south facing windows. That is an extreme example, but it's a testament to what is possible.   The passively heated and cooled LEED V4 Platinum Edelweiss...

...LEED® certification standards, and with the possibility of adapting to a Zero Energy Ready home, the Abri models are just one of many Architect designed green prefab eco homes in the growing range from Ecohabitation in Montreal. Created by the renowned eco-conscious Architects Studio MMA Architecture & Design, and ...

...LEED prefab kit house being built inside the Montreal stadium for Expo 2019 Carbon emergency: Targeting the grey energy of buildings  New construction in both residential and commercial applications are increasingly being built to higher standards of energy-efficiency and overall sustainability. This building trend h...

...LEED for Homes ready modern style not so tiny house prefab home kit - Le Refuge S750 LEED, Passive House & Net Zero Energy ready prefab homes This architect-designed home has a contemporary, modern and minimalist-style with an open-concept floorplan that includes large windows for natural lighting that can reduced...

...LEED ready, meaning that when other prerequisite conditions are met, the energy performance of the building envelope meets the stringent requirements needed to achieve LEED V4 Platinum or Passive House certification. This also means it could also be specified as one of our Net Zero Energy ready prefab home kits ideal f...

...LEED for Homes ready modern style tiny house prefab home kit - Le Refuge LEED, Passive House & Net Zero Energy ready prefab homes This architect-designed home has a contemporary, modern and minimalist style with an open-concept floorplan that includes large windows for natural lighting that can reduced heating cos...

...LEED, Passive House and Zero Net Energy ready kit homes sector in Quebec, Ontario and North Eastern US States such as New York, Vermont, Maine or New Hampshire. What is driving building professionals to prefab & modular construction methods? Trends in the construction industry, such as shorter project schedules, su...

Net Zero Energy homes pilot program goals The goal of the R-2000 Net Zero Energy homes pilot program in Canada was to improve the performance standards of homes, and to raise awareness of energy-efficient green home building techniques among builders. Through participating in this pilot project, every builder became li...

The Rainbow Duplex in Whistler is the first Passive House in BC The passive solar design and orientation of homes is anything but new. Solar heat collection is a technique that has been used in home construction for thousands of years. What is relatively new is the rating system developed to certify them. The Passive H...

...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 homes that are able to meet Passive House certif...

WA paves the way for tiny home eco-villages: Tiny houses, also colloquially referred to as tiny homes, are both an increasingly attractive and affordable housing option as well as a trending alternative lifestyle choice across North America and Canada as people realize that “quality of life” doesn’t depend on surroundi...