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Powell River, BC Canada The Pearl on the Sunshine Coast
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Living gently on the coast of British Columbia
As Buyers and Sellers are becoming more educated about real estate before enlisting
the help of a REALTOR® it is essential that we, in the profession, are up-
What makes a “healthy” home interests me greatly. I hope that this page can be used as a basis for both Buyers and Owners for finding out more about the latest advice re energy savings and products. If you have suggestions of other information to put on this page, please let me know.
New Building Codes are currently being created, due out in the summer of 2008, to incorporate the recent change in environmental standards for new home construction. New homes currently score around 74 on the EnerGuide rating system and the new Codes will increase that to at least 78 (see below).
The Codes will hopefully smooth out confusion plaguing the building industry over correct applications of materials, such as vapour or air barriers for example. And, they will allow Building Inspectors to be more comfortable about the use of newer construction techniques, such as ICF.
Home Energy Assessment & EnerGuide
Home Energy Assessors work with both new construction and mature homes to help owners make the most of energy saving measures. City Green Solutions provides home assessments, retrofit planning and access to incentive grants. Speaking of the latter, there are some grants available through the provincial government to home owners looking to increase the energy efficiency of their home.
When a current home is assessed, a report is created from the information gathered at the home. This includes a blower test where air is sucked out so that it is easy to feel where air leaks into/out of the home. Using all the data, a score is created between 1 and 100. For older homes, this EnerGuide score may be lower than 50, but with some improvements to heating efficiency, insulation, windows and doors this can be increased substantially.
Built Green
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Suppliers: Green Works Building Supply
This page is in the process of being updated. Please come back here soon to see what else it contains. Thanks for your patience.