"LEED Platinum"

LEED Platinum / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

Off-grid and Net-Zero Housing

The S1600 - affordable modern prefab eco homes for families

...LEED ready, meaning that when other prerequisite conditions are met, the energy performance of the building envelope meets the stringent requirements needed to achieve LEED V4 Platinum or Passive House certification. This also means it could also be specified as one of our Net Zero Energy ready prefab home kits ideal f...

Green building certifications

Net zero energy homes Canadian pilot results

Net Zero Energy Homes pilot program goals The goal of the R-2000 Net Zero Energy homes pilot program in Canada was to improve the performance standards of homes, and to raise awareness of energy-efficient green home building techniques among builders. Through participating in this pilot project, every builder became li...

Concept and design

Prefab Passive House & LEED ready kit homes - the future of buying a new home?

...LEED & Passive House ready prefab kit home, see many more sustainable home building tips & guide videos for LEED, Zero Energy & Passive House on the EcoHome YouTube channel here Super-insulated wall assembly, in kit form The prefab high-performance walls of this Passive House & LEED ready home kit are m...

LEED Homes

LEED Platinum prefab kit home has superior air quality and performance

...LEED Platinum kit house in Montreal Ellen and Roman Szumski earned LEED® Platinum certification for their home in Labelle, in the Laurentian Mountains of Quebec and EcoHome took a look. LEED is a point-based green building rating system, so we must emphasize the exceptional performance of this house modeled by Ecohab...

Real estate

Farnham Avenue House

...LEED for Homes Platinum Rating in the Greater Toronto Area. It is currently a subject of post occupancy evaluation by Ryerson University Department of Architectural Science. Now you know about the results of the Net Zero Energy Pilot. Read more about sustainable and resilient home building in the Ecohome Green Buil...

Green building certifications

All about green home certification programs and rating systems for USA & Canada

...LEED for Homes: Originating in the USA, LEED is currently the most prolific green building rating system and stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. LEED was created by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). To quote the U.S Office of Federal Environmental Executive, 'green building’ is defined as ...

LEED Homes

UBC Lab Exceeds LEED Platinum becoming one of North America's greenest buildings

...LEED Platinum building. Find more pages about sustainable construction below and in the Ecohome Green Building Guide pages. All about the LEED for Homes rating system Ecohome builds Canada's first LEED V4 Platinum home All you need to know about achieving Passive House certification Resilient design features to...

Passive solar home design

Passive solar home construction

WATCH MORE VIDEOs about passive solar home design and construction here This is the first in a series of videos on passive solar home construction, we begin with passive solar design basics, orienting the future house on the site to take full advantage of the free heat available from the sun while keeping it cool with...

Slab on Grade

How to build a slab-on-grade on standard soil

...LEED points as well. Recycled concrete polished slab © Ecohome There is an often overlooked advantage when you choose a slab over a basement - concrete is very expensive, so the reduced amount of concrete used in a slab along with not needing to install a subfloor and finished flooring product translates into a savin...

Efficient home design

Ecohome Demo House: high performance, affordable cost

The guiding principles during the design of Ecohome’s Edelweiss House demonstration home - passive heating and cooling, healthy living space, affordable to build and operate, resilient and flexible design. The underlying goal of the Edelweiss House was to design and build a modestly-sized but functional home that wou...

Passive solar home design

Ecohome Kenogami House wins Home of the Year Award

...LEED Platinum home As homeowner and part of the Ecohome design team, Alain Hamel will continue to experiment with the latest energy systems to further enhance the performance and thermal comfort of his home. The next system to be installed will be an air-to-water heat pump which will serve as an air conditioner. In eff...