Build Your Net‑Zero Home in Canada: Turnkey Eco House Design‑Build with Free Consultation
Transform your vision into a resilient, all‑electric, net‑zero home purpose‑built for Canada’s climate through our integrated design‑build approach, where architects, engineers, and builders collaborate from day one, guiding budgets, incentives, permitting, and performance with a no‑obligation, expert free consultation.
About Our Net‑Zero Design‑Build Team
We are a Canadian, multidisciplinary studio uniting architecture, energy modeling, and construction under one roof, delivering verified net‑zero homes with craftsmanship, transparency, and care, from first conversation to post‑occupancy, across diverse climates, codes, and communities nationwide.
Start with a Free Consultation
Begin confidently with a structured, no‑pressure conversation that clarifies your goals, site conditions, budget, incentives, and timelines, while mapping the essential steps to achieve a high‑performance, code‑compliant net‑zero build tailored to your family and location.
- What to Expect on Your First Call We start by learning about your site, lifestyle, budget comfort, and sustainability ambitions, then outline practical pathways, risks, and options. You’ll leave with a preliminary roadmap, early cost guidance, and clear next steps, plus answers to permitting, incentives, and timeline questions.
- Site and Climate Considerations We review your lot orientation, shading, local weather, snow loads, and wind exposure, then discuss implications for passive solar gains, envelope detailing, and photovoltaic output. This ensures the concept aligns with Canadian climate realities, maximizing comfort, resilience, and lifetime performance.
- Budget and Priority Mapping Together we prioritize what delivers the greatest impact: airtightness targets, insulation assemblies, window performance, HVAC choices, and renewable sizing. We align scope, quality, and cost, clarifying where to invest first, expected operational savings, and which rebates and grants can offset upgrades.
Net‑Zero Principles Tailored to Canadian Climates
We optimize passive gains, airtightness, insulation, high‑performance glazing, and electrified systems to achieve annual energy balance, ensuring comfort during deep cold snaps, wildfire smoke events, and grid disruptions, while maintaining elegant architecture and sensible budgets with verifiable performance targets.
Thermal Envelope Strategies
We select assemblies that control heat, air, and moisture, balancing exterior continuous insulation with robust air barriers and services cavities. Detailing around eaves, foundations, and penetrations reduces condensation risk, preserves structure, and stabilizes indoor temperatures through long Canadian winters.
Air Tightness and Ventilation
Airtightness reduces heat loss and drafts, but healthy homes need balanced ventilation. We specify heat recovery ventilators sized for your layout, with quiet ducts and filters suited to pollen and smoke, achieving low ACH targets without sacrificing fresh air quality or comfort.
Renewable Energy Sizing
We model loads, roof geometry, and shading to right‑size the PV array and optional batteries. Generation forecasts account for snow cover, utility rates, and net metering rules, targeting annual balance while maintaining architectural harmony and budget predictability across seasons and future expansions.
Our Turnkey Design‑Build Method
We unify architecture, engineering, energy modeling, procurement, and construction under one accountable team, reducing risk, compressing schedules, and protecting budgets, while delivering transparent communication, fixed‑price options, and measurable net‑zero outcomes from concept through handover and post‑occupancy verification.
Integrated Project Delivery
Designers, estimators, trades, and energy modelers work together early to resolve conflicts before construction. This collaborative process improves detailing, reduces change orders, and aligns every decision with target air leakage rates, energy budgets, and your desired aesthetic, comfort, and cost outcomes.
Transparent Procurement
We competitively source materials and trades, disclosing key assumptions and lead times. Supply choices consider embodied carbon, durability, maintenance, and warranty support across Canada, ensuring availability and predictable costs while meeting performance specs for windows, insulation, HVAC, and renewable components.
Fixed‑Price Contracting
Where feasible, we offer fixed‑price packages built on completed drawings and vetted scopes, anchored by performance criteria and defined allowances. This shields you from surprises, clarifies responsibilities, and links payments to milestones, inspections, and documented quality control on site.
Architecture that Feels Like Home
We craft spaces that are warm, light‑filled, and functional, integrating passive strategies invisibly, so performance supports beauty. Your style guides massing, materials, and interior flow without compromising durability, accessibility, or resilience through Canada’s demanding seasons and shifting household needs.
Form Follows Energy
We shape rooflines and volumes to capture winter sun, protect from summer glare, and accommodate optimal PV placement. Compact forms with smart overhangs reduce heat loss, while thoughtful articulation keeps facades welcoming, human‑scaled, and consistent with neighborhood character and municipal guidelines.
Daylight and Passive Solar
Glazing is strategically oriented and shaded to balance brightness and heat gains. We tune visible transmittance, U‑values, and solar heat gain coefficients, coordinating interior finishes and thermal mass to stabilize indoor temperatures, enhance wellbeing, and reduce reliance on mechanical heating and lighting.
Regional Materials and Aesthetics
We specify durable cladding, low‑toxicity finishes, and locally available timber that weather beautifully. Material selections address snow, freeze‑thaw cycles, and maintenance, while honoring regional vernaculars and your personal tastes, ensuring timeless curb appeal that aligns with high‑performance assemblies beneath.
High‑Performance Building Envelope
We detail assemblies that resist moisture, eliminate thermal bridges, and maintain continuous insulation and airtightness across transitions, ensuring durability, quiet interiors, and remarkable comfort even during extreme cold, while protecting investments with traceable products and proven installation procedures.
Insulation Assemblies
From double‑stud walls to exterior continuous insulation, we select R‑values suited to your climate zone and budget. We consider vapor control, drying potential, and installability, ensuring predictable performance, minimized thermal drift, and compatibility with rainscreens, claddings, and interior service cavities.
Windows and Doors
We recommend triple‑glazed, thermally broken frames with airtight installation, tuned to orientation and views. Thresholds, flashing, and tapes are specified to prevent air and water intrusion, optimizing comfort, condensation resistance, and long‑term durability under Canadian winters and spring thaws.
Thermal Bridge Mitigation
We model junctions at balconies, slabs, and framing to reduce linear transmittance, using thermal breaks, continuous exterior insulation, and smart framing layouts. These strategies improve whole‑house performance, prevent cold spots, and protect finishes from moisture risks at sensitive transitions.
Discovery & Concept Net‑Zero Design Package
Includes free consultation, site review, climate analysis, preliminary energy modeling, and conceptual floor plans with massing options aligned to PV feasibility, insulation strategies, and airtightness targets. You receive a prioritized roadmap, preliminary budget ranges, and incentive guidance tailored to your location.
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Turnkey Net‑Zero Design‑Build (Fixed‑Price Contract)
A complete, single‑team delivery from permit drawings and engineering to construction, commissioning, and post‑occupancy verification, with transparent allowances, quality controls, and milestone reporting. Designed for predictable outcomes, uncompromising comfort, and resilient, all‑electric performance across Canadian climates.
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Energy Modeling, Code Compliance & Grant Application
Detailed energy modeling, blower door targeting, and Step Code or equivalent compliance documentation, coordinated with application support for federal and provincial incentives. We streamline submissions, maximize eligibility, and align modeling with real‑world construction details for accurate, dependable results.
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Electrification, HVAC, and Hot Water
All‑electric systems deliver comfort, safety, and efficiency with cold‑climate heat pumps, right‑sized ductwork, and smart controls, paired with heat pump water heaters and balanced ventilation that preserves energy while delivering clean, filtered air throughout the year.
On‑Site Renewables and Storage
We integrate solar photovoltaics, optional batteries, and load control to smooth peaks, increase resilience, and realize net‑zero targets, coordinating with utilities and roof design while preserving aesthetics and ensuring safe, code‑compliant installations with documented commissioning.
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We evaluate roof pitches, setbacks, and obstructions, then model irradiance and snow impacts to select modules, inverters, and racking. String layouts, monitoring, and wire management are coordinated with roofing details to protect warranties and maximize lifetime production and serviceability.
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We assess critical loads, outage profiles, and utility tariffs to size batteries responsibly. Systems integrate with transfer switches, EV chargers, and smart panels, enabling backup power, peak shaving, and future flexibility as you expand renewable capacity or adopt demand response programs.
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Smart panels and controls schedule hot water, EV charging, and HVAC operation to align with solar generation and time‑of‑use rates. This reduces bills, grid strain, and battery cycling, while keeping comfort priorities and occupant schedules front and center.
Permits, Codes, and Certification
We manage municipal approvals and coordinate code compliance, documenting energy models, structural design, and product specs, while guiding optional certifications that validate performance, resilience, and quality to lenders, insurers, and future buyers across Canadian jurisdictions.
National and Provincial Codes
We design to the National Building Code and local amendments, coordinating snow loads, seismic considerations, fire separations, and energy requirements. Our documents clarify assemblies, air barriers, and mechanical systems to streamline reviews and inspections with clear, code‑aligned details.
Step Code and Energy Compliance
Where applicable, we target Step Code tiers through envelope optimization and airtightness testing, supported by energy modeling, trade coordination, and commissioning plans. This ensures predictable compliance pathways, incentive eligibility, and documented performance at each stage of the build.
CHBA Net Zero and ENERGY STAR
We can pursue third‑party labels that recognize high performance, comfort, and durability. Our team coordinates testing, documentation, and verifier engagements, translating technical requirements into practical steps that fit your budget and scheduling without compromising design intent.
Incentives, Grants, and Financing
We help you unlock rebates, grants, and green financing that reduce upfront costs and improve affordability, aligning application timelines with design milestones and construction schedules to keep your project moving while maximizing financial benefits.
Federal and Provincial Rebates
We identify programs suited to your location and scope, from heat pump incentives to envelope upgrades and solar credits. Our team organizes documentation, energy reports, and installation verifications to secure funds and incorporate them into your project’s cash flow planning.
Green Mortgages and Utility Programs
Preferred lending and on‑bill options can improve carrying costs and reduce risk. We liaise with lenders and utilities, presenting performance projections and certification pathways that strengthen applications and align amortization with lifetime energy savings and durability benefits.
Total Cost of Ownership
We evaluate capital costs against energy savings, maintenance, and long‑term resilience. This holistic perspective supports better decisions on insulation levels, window upgrades, and PV sizing, ensuring your investment yields comfort, reliability, and predictable operating costs for decades.
Construction Quality and Schedule
We build predictably with a clear schedule, milestone inspections, and documented quality controls, verifying air barriers, insulation continuity, mechanical installations, and safety, while maintaining site cleanliness, neighbor relations, and transparent communication throughout construction.
Smart Home and Monitoring
We integrate safe, secure controls that simplify comfort, energy management, and resilience, providing actionable insights without complexity, and ensuring systems remain interoperable as your needs and technologies evolve.
Energy Dashboards
We provide intuitive dashboards showing solar production, consumption by circuit, and comfort metrics. Alerts flag unusual use, filter changes, or fault conditions, helping you maintain peak performance while understanding how daily habits influence bills and carbon impacts.
Automations and Demand Response
Automations coordinate setpoints, ventilation boosts, and EV charging with utility signals and solar availability. You gain comfort and savings without micromanagement, and retain manual override for special occasions, ensuring control stays firmly in your hands at all times.
Cybersecurity and Privacy
We select devices with robust encryption, local processing options, and clear data policies. Networks are segmented, firmware updates are scheduled, and access is controlled, protecting your home’s systems, personal data, and peace of mind against evolving digital threats.
After‑Care and Performance Assurance
We stand behind your home with warranty coverage, seasonal checkups, and ongoing optimization, using real data to verify performance and support continuous comfort, low operating costs, and long‑term durability.
Warranty and Service
Our warranty covers workmanship and core systems, with clear response times and escalation paths. We coordinate manufacturer warranties and maintenance schedules, ensuring issues are addressed quickly and transparently by the trades who know your home best.
Seasonal Tune‑Ups
Before heating and cooling seasons, we review setpoints, filters, and system performance, checking airflows and defrost cycles. Minor adjustments maintain efficiency and comfort, while early detection prevents small issues from growing into costly repairs.
Performance Audits
We analyze utility data and monitoring trends against modeled targets, verifying airtightness durability and ventilation balance. Findings inform calibration, occupant tips, and optional upgrades, preserving your net‑zero outcomes as your household and climate conditions evolve over time.
