Health

When you live in a High Performance Home you will notice a difference in the air quality of your home.  That’s because your home is built with various non-toxic finishes that produce low to no off-gassing.  People with asthma, allergies, or chemical sensitivies tend to feel better.

Rather than damp proof our foundations, we waterproof them.  This means your home has a reduced risk of growing mold, especially in basements where dampness can often be felt and smelled.  Damp proofing keeps the moisture from the soil away from the foundation while waterproofing keeps moisture and water out.

To keep fresh air circulating in your home day and night, we install a Heat Recovery Ventilator (HRV).  Interior air is continuously exchanged for outside air that has been filtered and tempered before entering your home, resulting in air that feels and smells great.  HRV’s typically have heat recovery efficiencies of 60% to 80% and are standard equipment in our High Performance Homes.

Essential to a healthy living environment is radon gas mitigation.   Radon is a colourless, odourless and tasteless radioactive gas that can sometimes accumulate to high levels inside homes which can cause lung cancer. Radon levels are often highest in basements or lower levels of homes as they are closer to the source of radon.  We install a radon mitigation system into our homes during construction.