The Green Blitz-BILD of the Archetype Sustainable House
The Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) has teamed up with the Toronto Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) to build a new cutting edge sustainable house at the Kortright Centre in Vaughan.
“This is an exciting opportunity for our members to get engaged and involved with a wonderful project that will give back to our community and help build the new greener GTA” said Michael Moldenhauer, President of BILD.
Born out of a national intregrated design process competition, the Archetype Sustainable House will serve as an education facility for trades, builders, students and the public, with over 150,000 visitors projected annually. The addition of these houses will make the Living City Campus the site of the most comprehensive demonstration centres of conservation, energy efficiency, renewable energy and sustainable technologies in North America.
The two semi-detached units that will be built both serve to show the best green building practices of today, and what could be achieved moving forward. They will allow for exploration into alternative technologies and renewable energy. These homes will be a showcase for the building community of what can be achieved in environmentally conscious new home building of the future.
Energy and water conservation technologies, site management, material sourcing and construction processes are among the issues that will be addressed in these sustainable houses. Each home will be rated under a variety of voluntary new home labeling systems.
The official website for the house is located at www.sustainablehouse.ca
To learn more about the winning design visit:
To learn more about this engaging process read Michael Moldenhauer's article by clicking HERE.
Project Trailblazers include:
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Berkshire Homes | The Conservatory Group | Fram Building Group | Mattamy | Rosehaven Homes | Royal Pines Homes | Chestnutt Hill Homes | Empire Communities | Greenpark | Metrus | Royal Park Homes | Sorbara Group |
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Our Green Donors:
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A Budget Heating |
Advance Tile and Floor Coverings |
Air Solutions |
Alpa Stairs |
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Aluma Systems |
Arise Technologies |
Bell |
Bolton Electric |
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Boomerang Paints |
Brooklin Qualit Concrete Products |
CallRich Eco Services |
City of Toronto |
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Canada Green Building Council |
Cornell Chemical |
D & D Painters |
Daro Flooring Construction Ltd. |
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DEKKOR |
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Decor and Living Inc. |
Dow |
DryVit Systems Canada |
Durisol Building Systems Inc. |
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DX2 Technologies |
Ecopaint |
Eden Energy |
Empire Communities |
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Enbridge |
Enerquality |
GE/Mabe |
Hallowell |
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Hanson Brick |
Healthiest Home Inc. |
Harring Doors |
Home Depot |
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Insulspan |
Isonar
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Jager Wood Products |
Jeld-Wen www.jeld-wen.com |
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Judo Water Treatment |
Kent Trusses |
Kohler |
Lucky Carpentry Tony Santos |
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Green Neighbourhood Homes Inc. |
Heritage siding and windows |
Marel Constractors |
Marvin Windows |
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Masco (Delta) |
Metro Compactor Group |
Metrus |
Mindscape Innovations |
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MITS Air |
Muskoka Timber Mills |
Nadurra Wood |
Napolean Fireplaces |
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Natural Resources Canada |
Nicholson Cates Forest Products |
Noble Trade |
North on Sixty |
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Osram Sylvania |
Peel Region |
Powerstream |
Powerwatch |
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Radiant Audio Design |
Reliance Home Comfort |
Royal Bank of Canada |
Royal Pine Homes |
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Roxul |
Sears Canada |
Select Energy |
Soprema |
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Taymor Industries |
Temp-cast Fireplaces |
The Morgan Group |
The Sorbara Group |
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Timber Systems |
Torlys |
Upper Canada |
Vacuflo |
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Viessmann |
White Gloves Cleaners |
York Region |
Your Solar Home |
For a full list of sponsors please visit www.sustainablehouse.ca
