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Green Up
Offered by Canada Green Building Council – Green Up, Canada’s building performance program. With annual energy costs for Canada’s commercial building sector amounting to $17.6 billion and lighting, heating and cooling of buildings representing 50-60% of annual greenhouse gas emissions, there is much room for improvement. Striving for better existing… Read More
PinkWood helps in a condo fire in Calgary
PK Fireboard helps to reduce damages at a multi-family construction site fire in McKenzie Towne, Calgary, Alberta. There was a 3 alarm fire at a multi-family construction site in McKenzie Towne on Sunday night September 16th, 22 units were destroyed and 12 units damaged. Thankfully no one was hurt but… Read More
Pacific Homes Turns 30!
1982 marked the year when the Canada Constitution Act was passed, Michael Jackson’s Thriller was released, and Pacific Homes was born! Already successful with Pacific Builders’ Supplies and Pacific Truss, the McKinnon Family saw an opportunity in factory built homes. Pacific then started manufacturing custom pre-fabricated homes and cottages to… Read More
He gets his small-scale castle without smoke, strata fees
By Pedro Arrais, Times Colonist There’s only one advantage to buying property next to a busy roadway – it’s typically less expensive than it would be further away from traffic noise. Doug Fleming was a man with a limited budget when he decided to go house-hunting. Fleming had been living… Read More
Wood and Human Health
We’d like to share an article from BC Wood’s newsletter about the health benefits of wood. BC Wood: – As the health benefits of wood become better understood, there is the potential to increase the specification of wood in hospitals, schools, and offices in Canada. A recent FPInnovations / UBC… Read More
Comparing Apples to Apples or Apples to Oranges?
When shopping for any product or service, whether it’s something as small as a trinket or as large as a house, consumers will always investigate and compare! It’s natural and we encourage our potential clients to do so when making their new home purchase. It would be easy to compare… Read More
What is a Passive Home?
A Passive Home, or Passivhaus in German, is a home built to such exacting standards of energy conservation that it requires little to no conventional heating or cooling system. The term Passivhaus refers to a rigorous voluntary low energy standard for all types of buildings. Unlike other ‘green’ or low… Read More
We’re building in the rain
Building a home in the winter is a great idea… with Pacific Homes! In Canada we tend to think in terms of a distinct ‘building season.’ Whether it’s the incredibly cold temperatures in the East or the rain out West, most Canadians write off the winter and plan to build… Read More