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LEED certified / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

Off-grid and Net-Zero Housing

The S1600 - affordable modern prefab eco homes for families

...certified sustainable credentials for materials and performance - which truly sets them apart. Prefab Canadian-Built eco homes - by design Here we take a closer look at the PARA-SOL Architecture designed S1600 LEED ready modern prefab home, which offers a well-executed 1,600 square feet of living space in a single fam...

LEED Homes

LEED Platinum prefab kit home has superior air quality and performance

...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 modeled by Ecohab...

Concept and design

Prefab Passive House & LEED ready kit homes - the future of buying a new home?

...LEED & Passive House ready prefab kit home, see many more sustainable home building tips & guide videos for LEED, Zero Energy & Passive House on the EcoHome YouTube channel here Super-insulated wall assembly, in kit form The prefab high-performance walls of this Passive House & LEED ready home kit are m...

Efficient home design

"The Most Resilient House in North America"

...LEED-certified homes in the Saguenay region for 7 years but was previously doing general construction in the Montreal region since 1985. Resilient homes for protection from natural disasters Alain had lived through two traumatic events in Quebec: first the Saguenay Flood of July 1996, which was Canada’s first billion-d...

Passive solar home design

Ecohome Kenogami House wins Home of the Year Award

...LEED Platinum home As homeowner and part of the Ecohome design team, Alain Hamel will continue to experiment with the latest energy systems to further enhance the performance and thermal comfort of his home. The next system to be installed will be an air-to-water heat pump which will serve as an air conditioner. In eff...

LEED Homes

The Canada Green Building Council (CAGBC) measures the environmental benefit of the LEED for Homes program.

...LEED project in 2005, the CaGBC collected data over the next eight years, measuring the direct impact LEED Canada made on various aspects of the environment, including greenhouse gas emissions, national energy and water consumption and waste diversion. The results were compelling: A 312,006 C02e tonne reduction in gree...

LEED Homes

The Yukon's First LEED Certified Home

...LEED homes in the Yukon. © Forest Pearson Now you know more about LEED Homes in the far north of Canada and the US. Find more pages about sustainable construction below and in the Ecohome Green Building Guide pages. All about the LEED for Homes rating system Ecohome builds Canada's first LEED V4 Plat...

LEED Homes

Ontario’s First LEED Certified Hospital

...LEED certification will be presented to Bluewater Health in the Spring. Now you know about the Bluewater Health LEED building. Find more pages about sustainable construction below and in the Ecohome Green Building Guide pages. All about the LEED for Homes rating system Ecohome builds Canada's first LEED V4 Plat...

LEED Homes

LEED Home in the Gatineau Hills

...LEED Canada Platinum home in Quebec. "It's not easy to earn LEED Platinum certification on the first try" says Emmanuel Cosgrove, Director of Ecohabitation and LEED evaluator of the Maison Orfie project. Now you know about the LEED homes. Find more pages about sustainable construction below and in the Ecohome Green...