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What is a BUILT GREEN® Home?

BUILT GREEN®  homes are 3rd party certified, energy efficient and environmentally responsible homes. This label adds value to your home by promoting the use of resource-efficient, environmentally friendly, construction practices and products.   Resource Efficiency Quite often, when we buy a new home, we don’t think about or ask about… Read More


Maintain beauty in your home design while cutting costs

As a Pacific Homes Estimator for 8 and a half years, running take offs on hundreds of home plans, I’ve noticed a thing or two about what kinds of design aspects and features in the home drive the cost up or keep the cost down. So, I thought I would share… Read More


Remember ventilation when building your new energy efficient home

One of the main areas home owners and builders are focusing on these days is trying to build the most energy efficient home possible within the home’s budget. Some of the easiest and most cost effective ways to achieve an energy efficient home is to insulate the home to the… Read More


The perfect plan and how to get started

A builder once told me that you have to build the same home plan 4 times to get a home exactly right in all aspects. If you have ever built a new home you have probably said at some point, “If I built this home again, I would do this… Read More


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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


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 study… Read More