About
About EkoBuilt
Established since 2004, passive house builders EkoBuilt specializes in passive house design, offering a growing series of passive house floorplans and ready-to-ship passive house kits.
Passive house designs for North America
We ship our pre-certified passive house designs and kits across North America and also undertake whole-house builds within two hours of our Ottawa, Canada headquarters.
Our passive house designs are so energy efficient, they are easy to take Net Zero (or Net Positive, as you’ll learn more about).
Passive house designs that you can build
We have solutions for the homeowner seeking a high quality, all-in-one-shell that can be assembled on a budget (any experienced carpenter can put together our kit).
We’re also here for end-to-end custom service for the homeowner looking to realize their ideal passive home.
Our proven low energy home design techniques will protect your dreams – today and tomorrow.
Environmental mission and strategy (ESG)
The best house is one that meets our customers’ needs. We believe our customers want:
1. To save money
How: Low energy bills with energy efficient design, more insulation, low air-leakage, low thermal-bridging.
Guarantee: Performance by air leakage rate performance test.
2. Value for money
How: By focusing on smart design and the ‘whole’ house, funds are allocated for better-performing products.
Guarantee: EkoBuilt will evolve, when required, to provide the most cost-effective solutions to our customers.
3. Convenience
How: Installation is done by us. Note: most other products require a sub-contractor.
Guarantee: Customer Assurance.
4. Investment protection
How: Designing to accommodate changing energy codes. Note: Homes built using today’s standard materials and construction styles will be required to change sooner rather than later – an EkoBuilt home will continue to evolve to keep pace with changing energy codes.
Guarantee: Your EkoBuilt home will be designed to meet – or exceed – projected building code standards.
5. Low-maintenance
How: EkoBuilt uses long-lasting materials and products.
Guarantee: By focusing on evolution, your home will include the latest materials and products to be long-lasting, low-maintenance and sustainable.
6. Environmentally responsible materials
Wherever possible, our customers want us to make use of environmentally responsible materials:
How: Using materials with high recycled or renewable content.
Guarantee: We will always consider environmentally conscious materials before more typical materials.