new buildings will have a significant impact on how the residential building community constructs homes now and in the future. HAVAN’s High-Performance Homebuilder Masterclass Series is an online program intended…
series of nine, 10-20-minute online videos. Each video features a different industry expert you would expect to hear from at the Forum. Tips and resources shared include current market research,…
Shedding light on high-performance building trends, Eric Lee of VictorEric Design+Build shares insight on the latest in AI technology including electrochromic windows, and the importance of a design-solving client-goal approach when building a high-performance home.
Exploring the future of townhomes and the challenges faced by industry building with a smaller footprint, for the benefit of the homeowner and future generations, Jonathan Meads of Streetside Developments shares lessons learned.
high-performance homes. Jen: I’ve been prepping hard for this today. I have looked at a whole bunch of YouTube videos on high-performance homes, because I’m really I’m in the building…
is possible when you choose to build, renovate or buy high-performance homes. Featured High Performance Home Builders and Designers JDL Homes – High Performance Builder High performance homes do not…
Discover the remarkable journey of resurrecting Phoenix House, a home devastated by fire, as the homeowners look to rebuild to the prestigious Zero Carbon certification standard. Join Mike and Jennifer-Lee as they delve into the extraordinary efforts of the homeowner and team of industry experts including Best Builders.
Recognizing net zero was within reach of being a reality, Perspective Homes by Pacific adapted the project to help the homeowner realize their goal to build a design-forward, future-proof home with sustainable features using renewable energy.
Welcome to HAVAN’s Home Buying Masterclass Series (Season 3):Higher interest rates and continuing increases in the cost of living are impacting first-time homebuyers and people looking to renew their mortgages….
…most desirable housing markets, for free! We’re busy creating an online HAVAN Gala Home Edition Party Pack, to help you get your online viewing party started. This year, HAVAN Awards…
The Science of high-performance homes brings homeowners improved energy efficiencies and a reduced environmental footprint. By Jessica Kirby April 26, 2023 The BC Energy Step Code is changing the requirements…
…here in the 416, we’re seeing the emergence of new forms of high-density housing, made to survive this storm of rising prices and dwindling supply, all by virtue of their…
…by HAVAN member, Good Castle Real Estate Development, and streaming it live so people can watch from the comforts of their own home. Guests can share their home celebration photos…
FREE Webinar on the Georgie Awards®Call for Entries and Online Entry Submission Process Get Your Questions Answered! When: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 – 2pm to 3pm OR Wednesday, October 10,…
Come join REACH LOCAL for a FREE Google Partners Digital Breakfast. They’re co-hosting an exclusive event on Friday, November 20, 2015. You can benefit from this event and their last…
TORLYS Introduces “Shop Globally, Buy Locally” Program “Shop@Home” initiative offers consumers free samples & advice from the comforts of home. TORLYS, a global flooring company specializing in beautiful, responsible flooring…
Free Information Sessions on B.C.’s Enhanced Licensing System Surrey: Friday, April 15, Vancouver: Thursday, May 5 Burnaby: Thursday June 9, 2016 Builders can sign up to attend one of the…
Details…online gives everyone a front row seat.” The HAVAN Awards promote the world-class homes being constructed by our local industry — from awe-inspiring whole-home transformations to cleverly designed townhome communities….
Details…The Guide is designed primarily for conventional low-rise, wood-frame homes. This FREE searchable online Guide: Explains the minimum required performance of new homes under home warranty insurance Features more than…
DetailsVancouverites are looking to the high-rise apartment as a form of permanent housing as the cost of the single family home becomes further out of reach for the average person….
…first-time homebuyers to downsizers. To meet the increased demand for an urban lifestyle, developers are building multi-family highrises. Using the Ovation Award-winning Block 100, built by Onni Group of Companies,…
There are many considerations when shopping for a new home. HAVAN member Alabaster Homes suggest zeroing in on the structure of the building, before getting carried away with the appliance…
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This parade of 19 stunning homes with the latest trends is the perfect chance to live out your HGTV fantasies and view a number of new design and building solutions….
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Looking into windows, one quickly realizes there are many considerations and potential unintended consequences that can impact the heating and cooling, plus the affordability, and comfort of your home. Speaking with Anton Van Dyk of Layton Consulting, Mike and Jennifer-Lee look into the importance of proper window selection.
Passionate about building to Passive House standards, Shaun St-Amour from Clay Construction talks about associated costs, energy savings, consumer choice, and the importance of challenging the status quo as the industry looks to build resilient, healthy homes with a lighter footprint on the environment.
Designing with purpose, and building above code are topics close to the heart of award-winning guests principal residential designer Khang Nguyen of Architrix Design Studio, and Joe Geluch, owner of Naikoon Contracting.
Passionate about everything Passive House, Nick Bray, of Nick Bray Architecture, shares his unlikely journey with Mike and Jennifer-Lee about building a 5-bedroom, 5-bathroom high-performance house on a 25-foot-wide peat bog in Vancouver. Bonus! Lucila Diaz of Harmony Sense Interiors shares her expansive design solutions.
Special Guest Bryan Baeumler of Baeumler Approved and HGTV fame, along with Graeme Huguet of My House Design Build Team join Mike and Jennifer-Lee in the studio to talk about the value of working with the professionals.
Naikoon Contracting and One Seed Architecture + Interiors tackle Vancouver’s missing middle housing with a stratified Passivhaus+ duplex project including two lock-off suites, as a smart in-fill solution.
Award-winning master builder, and owner of Clay Construction, Larry Clay, and Luke Dolan, energy advisor of Capital Home Energy explore the choices we can make to improve the air quality in our homes for healthier living environments.
What makes a home healthy, and why should we care? Brett Stenner, owner of CI Partners, and certified Well AP, walks through three key elements: water, air, and light.
Jim Smith of Smithwood Builders talks about his journey of becoming Custom Homebuilder of the Year while sharing his experiences including two award-winning projects, highlighting the value of bringing the builder on early in the process making ‘the Magic of Three.’
Graeme Huguet, Renovator of the Year from My House Design Build Team, is joined by the Chu family and together they recount their renovation journey through the pandemic. Recognized as the first certified Platinum Built Green Plus Net Zero renovated home in British Columbia, it’s a winner!
…managers, carpenters and office staff who strive for exceptional quality in everything we do. What we do will improve your home and your quality of life. Our team has the…
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Mike and Jennifer-Lee explore the benefits of working with an Energy Advisor to calculate the building envelope, mechanical systems, and the air-tightness of your home to help provide choice, manage budgets, and above all, increase the comfort of your home when building new or renovating. A performance-based process, tune in for tips from Barb Silverthorn of Capture Energy.
Discover the challenges and triumphs of renovating a 112-year-old home as we bring back the builder – TQ Construction, and the homeowner, Dr Janet Simons, to review the high-performance whole home renovation project. Including lessons learned, scope creep, and pesky woodpeckers, this episode is packed with information to help you on your next home renovation.
Renovating to higher performance levels with lifestyle benefits included requires thoughtful planning. Henri Belisle, president of TQ Construction and homeowner Dr Janet Simons discuss the planning process of a 1912 character home renovation.
Faced with a housing crisis, rising building costs, labour shortages, and the need to reduce the footprint of how we build our homes, Chris Hill of BCollective talks us through the BOSS system.
Jake Fry of Smallworks talks with Jennifer-Lee and Mike about the concept of attainable housing for the missing middle and building thriving modern-day communities, suggesting we keep an open mind to solutions and focus on sophisticated conversations, versus complicated ones.
of FortisBC. Details Episode 36: High Performance Trends [vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Shedding light on high-performance building trends, Eric Lee of VictorEric Design+Build shares insight on the latest in AI technology including electrochromic windows,…
Jamie Banfield Design and Babak from Condoworks Design Renovations understand the power of good design when looking to renovate cookie-cutter condo floor plans. Knowing what to look for in a building will help you locate and renovate the right sanctuary for you. Join Jennifer-Lee and Mike on Measure Twice, Cut Once as they explore the possibilities of condo renovations. Condo living has never felt so good!
…Fraser Valley regions, our quality-minded professionals and master tradesmen provide expert craftsmanship, a quick return on your investment, and long-term peace of mind. Delivering hassle-free, high–quality and home improvement and…
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With an eye for design and a passion for globetrotting, Aleem Kassam, co-owner of Kalu Design Interiors walks us straight through his closet, and into the bathroom bursting with ideas to create a spa retreat to rival any 5-star hotel!
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and free Excel-based costing tool that can help the Part 9 building community approximate the cost of high-performance homes of the future. CBAT allows builders and energy advisors (EAs) to…
We are a home builder in Greater Vancouver who specializes in high-performance custom homes, Net Zero living, and large-scale renovations. At Hasler Homes Ltd, we are a ground up construction…
Architrix Studio and Kingdom Builders take a collaborative approach when helping homeowners design and build their passive home. With lofty goals including in-floor radiant heat and a floating stairway, this is not your average passive house design.
to build or renovate. Streaming the HAVAN Awards online is an excellent source to find a contractor or designer to build the home right for you. View the Gala online….
Details…or in the backyard providing more subdued online chatting areas. Guests were even offered the opportunity to stretch it out with an instructor in the online yoga room! In between…
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…builder who’s built some passive houses or some high performance homes in the past and say a low carbon high performance home is my primary motivation and go from there….
Enhancing the livability of our homes is a big passion for Laura Grist Interior Design and Jedan Brothers Contracting. Focused on exploring what’s possible within your budget, Laura and Dan explore partial renovation solutions and trends, noting the benefits of defining the construction budget first, followed by design solutions to stay on plan.
How do two siblings take their grandma’s home gifted to them and transform it into a duplex for two growing families? They connect with Interior Designer of the Year Katerina Vastardis of Designs by KS and Paul Shepski of Geography Contracting for award-winning design building solutions.
Award-winning duo Madeleine Design Group and Quinton Construction share the secret of their success as they transform a heritage-style home to bring it back to ‘what it wants to be when it grows up.’ A great renovation story, tune in and learn about this amazing transformation.
Faced with limited land and soaring real estate prices, homeowners are digging deeper for solutions. Father and son duo, John and Jeff Gunson, of Euro Canadian Construction, share the process of building iceberg homes in Vancouver.
AeroBarrier is an automated envelope sealing technology that aims to make energy efficient and performance homebuilding attainable for builders in Great Vancouver. Certified as GreenGuard Gold and Built…
…Order on Gatherings and Events. Visit the BCCDC website to find information on the following: New Year’s Eve parties What’s the guidance for weddings in Step 3? Where can I…
With a Count Me In attitude, the possibilities are endless when building a home to live your life to the maximum. Todd Best of Best Builders talks to co-hosts Mike and Jennifer-Lee about the process of adapting homes for specific physical needs and aging in place, noting there is no better place than home. The key is planning and working with experienced professionals.
Listen in as Karly Kristina Design and Marcraft Homes share the design and cliff-dropping geo-technical building challenges as their clients with waterfront property including ultra-modern home plans look to build their classic Hamptons dream home, without going back to the architect!
Meet Laurel James, the design-half of the award-winning Novell Design Build team. Passionate about building homes for families of all configurations, Laurel approaches design with a curious and thoughtful eye to ensure the dwelling spaces nurture our creature comforts. Listen in as Laurel shares her thoughts on multi-family dwellings and the latest provincial regulations.
Todd Best of Best Builders teams up with Ian McLean Architecture sharing the story of Triadic, an award-winning home recognized for its environmental initiatives, housing solutions, and excellence in energy efficiencies, with two mortgage helper suites, including one stratified suite. It’s a winner!
Looking at housing through a holistic lens, Sara Goldvine from BC Housing dives into the concept of housing as a system. Providing an overview of BC Housing and solutions to address our housing crisis such as the BC Builds Program and the new Secondary Suite Incentive Program, benefits of builder licensing, and the 2-5-10 Home Warranty Program are also reviewed.
BUILT IN VIDEO SERIES with Todd Best of Best Builders Welcome to “BUILT IN” – a video series that explores how high-performance homes are built. Think of Built-In as a…
Interior Design choices impact all facets of homebuilding. Ami McKay, Principal Designer at Pure Design, frames her home design journey with wisdom, insight, and finding the golden thread. Love the space you live in! Listen now!
…is, you know, the scary topic of budget, which not everyone likes to hear. And I always laugh when I watch TV shows on HGTV and they’re like, what’s your…
