Most of us are familiar with the idea that there is a carbon emission penalty for heating and cooling a home. It takes energy, that energy often has a carbon impact, which is why we want to ensure that our buildings are as energy efficient as possible. Use less energy, emit less carbon. Easy.

But the very act of building, the materials that go into that building, and the way we build it all has a shockingly large carbon impact as well. This is called the “embodied” carbon, and if you don’t account for it you could end up making a building that has a massive carbon deficit that immediately offsets any energy efficiency carbon savings for a decade to come.

Getting a construction project completed requires the co-ordination of thousands of complex and inter-related decisions, regulations, parameters, market forces and scheduling requirements. With over a decade of experience in construction, we can help you navigate and optimize this confounding process and ensure that your project gets delivered smoothly and effectively.

We plan our projects with the next 100 years in mind, which is how long we expect our projects to be used for. Through this lens, building anything short of the most energy efficient project is irresponsible.

Our in-house expertise in building science and efficiency best-practices makes sure that we build only the most responsible buildings we can for our clients.