The ribbon is cut on a net-zero energy home in Calgary by Mattamy Homes with Q4 Architects. The home is one of 26 net-zero energy dwellings built as demonstration projects across Canada.
Canada?s elite net-zero energy (NZE) home builders gathered last week in Ottawa to celebrate and accept awards for their contribution to the largest Canadian net-zero energy (NZE) housing demonstration project by advancing building science and responding to the global climate change challenge.
A total of 26 homes were built in four provinces as part of the Net-Zero Energy Housing demonstration project with Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) and Owens Corning Canada.
The five project home builders (and community locations) are: Construction Voyer (Laval, Quebec) with Asselin Architecture; Mattamy Homes (Calgary, Alberta) with Q4 Architects, Minto Communities (Ottawa, Ontario); Provident Developments (Halifax, Nova Scotia); and Reid’s Heritage Homes (Guelph, Ontario). “With support from Natural Resources Canada?s ecoENERGY Innovation Initiative (ecoEII), five home builders and leading industry suppliers, we have proven that net-zero energy housing can be built using existing technology, at prices that are accessible to the average homebuyer,? said Salvatore Ciarlo, Technical Services Manager at Owens Corning Canada, which hosted the gala. ?Building entire net-zero communities is a viable, short-term goal?one that we are much closer to as a result of this project?s success.?
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