"R-2000"

R-2000 / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

Efficient home design

A new contender for the title of Canada's Greenest Home

...R-2000 standards for energy efficiency, indoor air tightness quality, and environmental responsibility in home construction. The Midori Uchi will be a show home for showcasing green home design for approximately one year. Some notable design features of the Midori Uchi: Rammed earth walls (first time in a single famil...

Green building certifications

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

...R-2000 is a government run program that encourages energy efficient building techniques, with an energy performance of 50% better than code. Certified homes can only be built by licensed R-2000 builders. Like many of the earlier programs, R-2000 focused solely on the building envelope and performance until very recentl...