Built Green
Making sure your home is Built Green Certified provides you with the best of current building practices. The construction responds to growing awareness of the need to consider the environment in our basic life choices. It also adds huge health benefits, maintenance and cost effectiveness, and far superior home market value.
If you’re building a new home, you must give serious consideration to having it Built Green Certified.
Don’t be fooled into thinking that “Built Green” is just a catchy label builders are giving themselves, or that it’s just for construction companies trying to look and sound environmentally friendly while continuing with their same old methods. Built Green Certified requires serious training and certification and has additional building criteria that the builder must provide for the homeowner.
Indoor Air Quality: Tightening a home to make it more energy efficient without adequately addressing the ventilation can create health problems. Built Green Certified encourages well-sealed duct systems, combustion appliances that are sealed and/or direct vented, and controlled fresh air. It also uses interior building materials that reduce indoor air pollution.
Water Efficiency: Installing water-efficient low-flow fixtures and dual-flush toilets, appliances such as Energy Star washing machines and dishwashers, and water aerators on the faucets and showers can significantly reduce the amount of water a household consumes. A water-wise landscape also reduces the water demand and requires less maintenance while still adding beauty to your home.
Energy Efficiency: Next to a mortgage, energy costs are the most significant household expenditure. An energy efficient home offers lower energy and water costs.
Choose us to be your Built Green Certified builders. Making sure your new home construction meets the extra certification requirements will give you economic security and peace of mind.
Built Green Canada
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