Echo Beach Sunshine Coast
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We couldn’t resist and had to showcase this beautiful luxury home that we’re working on in the Sunshine Coast, designed by Openspace Architecture.
Other members of the team include:
Landscape Architect: Paul Sangha Creative
Structural Engineer: Aspect Structural Engineers
General Contractor & Builder: West Coast Turn Key
The Integrated design process (IDP) is integral to the construction process, especially when it comes to meeting the BC Energy Step Code. IDP helps to keep the project on schedule, avoid unintended consequences, and more importantly, stay on budget. At the end of the day, especially for complex projects like this one, we want to build durable, comfortable, healthy homes that are energy efficient.
Stay tuned…. We’ll report back on this project at Mid Construction.
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Energy Audits May Become Part of Home Sales
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The Globe and Mail reports that energy-efficient ratings may be required on real estate listings to incentivize the push towards greener homes.
Federal officials are looking to mandate point-of-sale labelling to improve energy efficiency of homes across Canada and determine the disclosure on property values. Requiring an EnerGuide rating would inform the buyer of future energy bills, and provide a list of upgrades that would reduce the energy use of the home.
British Columbia is leading the energy-auditing industry in Canada with multiple home labelling systems in place already. As energy requirements for new homes become more strict and rebate programs become more available, many builders and homeowners have made efforts to design or renovate a home that is more energy efficient with home rebates and sale value in mind.
To learn more about these changes, click here.
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Breaking Down the Cost of a Metro Vancouver Production Home
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The Homebuilders Association Vancouver (HAVAN) released their quarterly report, What Goes Into the Cost of a Production Home in Metro Vancouver, based on point-in-time data from single family home builders as of December 31, 2021.
The average selling price of a single family home is $1,750,000 and include a collection of costs. The breakdown of associated costs shows the land cost being the highest at 38.1%, followed by home construction cost (29.7%), and municipal fees and taxes (10.9%). Builder’s profit, lot servicing costs, business operations, financing costs, and consultant fees account for the last 21.3%.
To read more, click here.
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CHBA: Building Science for New Homes
When: Wednesday, March 16th and Thursday, March 17th 2022
8:30 AM – 4:30 PM PDT
Instructor: Luke Dolan
Location: Event is held virtually
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What you will learn
This course provides and overview of building science issues and sound business practices. This course is a pre-requisite to become a certified Net Zero, R-2000 or ENERGY STAR builder, and is suggested for participating in the EnerGuide for New Homes and Built Green programs.
Registration is open until seats are filled!
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TQ Construction
New 3,500 ft² house
Burnaby
Final: 0.98 ACH |
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Foxridge Homes
New 3,500 ft² home
Surrey
Mid Construction: 1.17 ACH |
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Mid Construction: 0.97 ACH
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Normar Development Ltd.
New 4,500 ft² home
North Vancouver
Mid Construction: 1.04 ACH
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EnerGuide Rating (ER)
The energy performance rating of the house, stated in gigajoules per year, determined using the standard operating conditions and calculated by subtracting the annual renewable energy contributions from the annual energy consumption.
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Please remember to book your mid construction and final tests at least two weeks in advance!
Friendly reminder to all builders needing to book their mid construction and final blower door tests. Please give us a call two weeks in advance to ensure we can have you on the schedule and to ensure a quicker turnaround time for your reports! We recommend contacting us for your mid construction test when insulation has started.
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For information on the BC Energy Step Code, EnerGuide ratings, Blower Door Airtightness tests, Thermal Imaging, BuiltGreen, Net Zero Homes contact Annie at manager@capitalhomeenergy.com
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