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CHBA NZ Home Program: 1,000 Homes and Counting—5+ Years of Lessons Learned
More than 1250 homes have been qualified under CHBA’s Net Zero Home Labelling Program. The complexity and cost of achi
Canadian Home Builders: Carbon Counting Is Coming—and So Are Tiered Energy Codes
Join an expert panel to learn how leading builders and developers are cost-optimizing the most affordable specifications
Critical Canadian Home Building Science Part 11: The Growing Barriers NZ Builders and Comm
Join energy generation, storage and management expert, Wil Beardmore, President and Founder of Bluewater Energy. Wil and
Critical Canadian Home Building Science Part 10: Historical Homes & Deep Energy Retrofit (
It takes a deep appreciation and understanding of cold climate building science to perform a deep-energy/NZ ready renovation on a
Advanced Building Science Webinar Part 2: Going Beyond Net Zero Ready Energy Homes: Transi
Industry experts discuss ‘A Homebuilder’s Path Forward’. Topics include codes and programs, operational and embodied carbon reduct
Advanced Building Science Webinar Part 1: Going Beyond Net Zero Ready Energy Homes: Transi
Industry experts discuss ‘A Homebuilder’s Path Forward’. Topics include codes and programs, operational and embodi
Critical Canadian Home Building Science Part 9: New 2020 NBC 9.36 Tiered Energy Code: What
As the Ontario industry considers harmonizing with the new 2020 9.36 Tiered Energy Code (specifically Tier 3) builders,
Critical Canadian Home Building Science Part 8: Intentional Design for Occupant Comfort in
Believe it or not, ensuring home owners are actually “comfortable” in a home is not part of the building code. As new home buyers
Critical Canadian Home Building Science Part 7: The Great Canadian VAPOUR BARRIER controve
Do we still need “Vapour Barriers” made of polyethylene in high performance walls with continuous insulation and good air barrier
Advanced Building Science Canadian Spring Training Camp 2022 Recap
A fast and furious review of highlights from the 8th annual Spring Camp. The great carbon debate, a deep dive on window tech, how
Critical Canadian Home Building Science: Part 6 HVAC & Ventilation
New Energy Codes are about to change the typical new home residential HVAC equipment profile. Learn the key technologies that will
A New Energy Code for Ontario Homes Is Coming. What Do the Experts Think?
As the OHBA and industry experts review the proposed adoption/harmonization with NBC 2020 9.36, a variety of challenges
Critical Canadian Home Building Science Part 4: High Performance Attic and Roof Design
High Performance Attic and Roof Design: Best Practices for both pitched roofs AND no slope roofs. Also take a dive into
Critical Canadian Home Building Science Part 3: WATER MANAGEMENT & ENCLOSURES
New Energy Codes make water control more important than ever. The #1 durability concern with new homes in North America
Critical Canadian Home Building Science Part 2: Carbon Reduction Strategies for New Canadi
Building science considerations every stakeholder needs to understand. Do new tiered energy codes help OR hinder real emissions re
Critical Canadian Home Building Science Part 1: IAQ Details for High Performance Homes
IAQ has become a critical concern for today’s homeowners and home buyers. The “science” is pretty clear on what wo
Top 5 Building Science & Energy Efficiency Priorities When Renovating Canadian Homes
Net Zero Ready Renovations are a hot topic these days. What are the critical building science principles every designer,
New Tiered Energy Code NBC 2020 - What are the key details for homebuilders and developers
Sponsored by Enbridge and hosted by Andrew Pride and Andy Oding on February 10, 2022. Andrew discussed the recent appro
2021 New Homebuyer Preference Study
Tim Bailey of Avid Ratings, walked us through the most recent AVID/CHBA New Homebuyers Preference Study. Learn what your clients w
Ring in the New Year – with a New and Improved New Home Sales Team!
Set your brand apart by insuring your salespeople know how to sell all of the benefits and advantages that you have built into you
Energy, Emissions and Sustainability in Canadian Houses
Join Stefanie Coleman, Chris Magwood and an expert Builder Panel in this 4-part series Energy, Carbon Emissions and Sustainability
Airtightness: Do we really need to know the ACH?
A look behind the science of airtightness measurements and why this simple test is critical if you want to build high performance
Healthy Air, Healthy Homes
Indoor Air Quality and the impact it has on occupant health.
Basements: Dank and damp or cozy and comfortable? Build basements your homeowners will lov
Basements can conjure up feelings of damp, dark and uncomfortable places. Today's homebuyers are using basements for rental income
Large Building Airtightness
Gord Cooke and Rob Johnston were joined by Scott Stevens, and provided great insights into this topic that is gaining im
Humidity Control: 3 key principles every builder and homeowner needs to know
Gord Cooke provided great insights into this topic that has long been a challenge for homebuilders and homeowners alike
Right-Sized HVAC Equipment: Bigger is no longer better.
Now that new homes are being built tighter and more efficient than ever the heating demands are extremely low. High perf
Geothermal Technology: Can it compete in today’s environment?
From single family homes to community scale projects, builders are looking at all energy options. This session reviews t
Net Zero Carbon, Net Zero Energy, Net Zero Cost?
Gord Cooke and Andy Oding provided great insights into this topic that is gaining importance and momentum.
2020 New Homebuyer Preference Study
Tim Bailey of Avid Ratings provided great insights into what clients are looking for in their homes as well as possible
Cracking the Building Code Webinar
Andy Oding from Building Knowledge Canada helps builders crack the SB-12 code with a better approach; saving money on co
Modelling in National Energy Codes: Flexible, transparent, and objective-oriented
Hear what Chris McClellan, Andrew Pride and Gord Cooke have to share about the National Energy Codes.
A National Tiered Energy Code for 2020: What does this mean for you?
Gord Cooke and Mark Rosen provided great insights into this evolving topic as the work of the NBC 2020 code is ongoing.
A Builders Guide to Net Zero
This four-part series launches the long-awaited new bestseller by the 2020 Enerquality Hall of Fame Award Winner – Dou
High Performance Homes: 5 ways they outshine code-built homes during a pandemic
Learn to identify the benefits of High Performance Homes over standard code built homes. Find out how Energy Star and Net