About
Collective Carpentry is a North American leading manufacturer of pre-designed and custom super-insulated, wood-based structural wall, roof, and floor panels for thoughtful, principled, and environmentally sustainable residential, commercial, and institutional buildings.
From our headquarters in Invermere, British Columbia, our experienced team provides clients consistent and accurate customer service, design, fabrication, quality control, and installation support so that they can focus on completing their projects on time and under budget.
Our Story
Collective Carpentry was established in 2006 as a local general contracting company serving the Columbia Valley of British Columbia, Canada, where hot summers and cold winters called for an approach to construction and design that delivered the highest levels of quality, energy efficiency, and occupant comfort a building could offer.
In 2014, the company followed European innovators in panelized fabrication of wall and roof building elements, and took construction of wall and roof assemblies off-site, to an indoor facility where 90% of framing, insulation, and air and moisture control layers could be installed, with a far greater level of control over quality, design, waste management, material selection, and worker health and safety.
By the year 2020, the team had completed over 25 custom homes (over half to Passive House or Net Zero standards of energy efficiency and comfort) with their experience in the shop and in the field leading to the development of pre-designed homes and pre-designed panels offered in collaboration with architecture and developer partners in the US and Canada, and a proprietary building system that optimizes factory output and minimizes material waste, making off-site construction more and more affordable for building owners of all types.
Environmental mission and strategy (ESG)
We believe that all buildings should be built and operated with attention to and consciousness of the environmental impact of their construction and use. It’s why we use materials like cellulose insulation and avoid plastics with ingredients your grandmother wouldn’t recognize. It’s why we design insulation levels and thermal bridge-free details to Passive House levels of energy performance, reducing operating energy consumption by up to 90%. We are mountain bikers, skiers, hikers, and lovers of the natural wilderness of our home in the Canadian Rockies, and wish to be protectors of the earth and its biodiversity, not destroyers of it.