Gord Cooke’s Net Zero Cottage Design, Part 2: Advanced Building Technologies

Gord Cooke's Net Zero cottage project brings together his decades of experience in the high performance building industry. Over the years, Gord has cultivated strong relationships with some of the top energy-efficiency and sustainability technology and product suppliers. He brought some of these colleagues together to help him create his family's one-of-a-kind cottage in Southampton, Ontario.

In the second of four parts of this video series on the creation of the cottage, Gord talks to a few of these suppliers.

  • See the installation of drainwrap and how it protects the cottage from the elements and strong weather conditions that come with a Lake Huron waterfront location.
  • Find out how Gord chose the right insulated sheathing product to achieve Net Zero.
  • Learn the 10 top tips for installing windows correctly.
  • Watch how simple it is to install radiant in-floor heating.

Watch part 2 here: https://buildingknowledge.ca/nz-videos-cottage/part-2/

To work with Building Knowledge on your next Net Zero energy project, call us at 519-658-6232 or email us today.

Missed the previous videos in the series? You can find them here...

Gord Cooke’s Net Zero Cottage Design, Part 1: Resilient Building Design