Certified Built Green™ British Columbia Homes:
- Save energy and money now while increasing the value of your home later
- Use products with a reduced environmental impact
- Have improved indoor air quality by using interior building materials that reduce the sources of indoor air pollution
- Provide a comfortable steady temperature, no matter what's going on outside
- Are built employing building practices such as waste reduction management and recycling
- The advantages really add up!
Did you know?
- Canadians use more energy per capita than any other country in the world. Energy consumption has increased 10% since 1990.
- Canadians generate more garbage per capita than any other country in the world.
- Average Canadians spend 90% of their time indoors. Poor air quality in homes and buildings are cited as likely contributors to Asthma, the most common childhood respiratory disease.
- A household of four people taking daily five-minute showers consumes a lifetime supply of drinking water for one person every six months.
Build Green For Life
If you're building a home you'll never have a better opportunity to create an energy-efficient, comfortable environment for you and your family. There's something about walking through the front door of your Built Green™ British Columbia home that makes you feel good.
It's not just the quality construction, cleaner air and energy efficient operation - it's knowing you've made the right choice for your family and your world for today and for tomorrow. All it takes is our Built Green™ British Columbia program.
Why go green?
Save Money!
Next to a mortgage, energy costs are the most significant household expense. Built Green™ British Columbia certified member builders build energy efficiency into your home's design. By choosing energy efficient options, you'll be making a choice to help protect our environment tomorrow and save money today.
Comfort and Health!
Certified Built Green™ British Columbia homes incorporate products that reduce the sources of indoor pollution. Solid, draft-free construction ensures even temperatures throughout your home and choosing innovative ventilation systems keep fresh air circulating year round. You and your family can breathe easier.
Quality!
A Built Green™ British Columbia home is a superior product. The program encourages the use of more durable materials, inside and out, reducing maintenance and replacement costs.
When you choose a Built Green™ British Columbia home, you'll deal with a certified Built Green™ British Columbia home builder who is specially trained in and committed to using the latest technology in green design and building.
Built Green™ British Columbia homes are independently audited to ensure each home meets the rigorous criteria laid out by the program. Choices on equipment, appliances and building materials can save you money now while helping to increase the value of your home later.
Affordable and Responsible!
Built Green™ British Columbia is a flexible and affordable way to make a difference while creating a healthy home environment for you and your family. Take your first steps towards a green future!
The Built Green™ British Columbia program promotes practical and effective environmental conservation solutions we can easily integrate into our everyday lives.
The Built Green™ British Columbia program offers increasing levels of green options, allowing families to choose what works for them. Built Green™ British Columbia homes just make sense. Now and for the future.
High Standards Define Built Green™ British Columbia!
A certified Built Green™ British Columbia home meets energy efficiency, water conservation and sustainable building practices as outlined in the Built Green™ British Columbia program.
Not just any home can call itself Built Green™! If you're shopping for a home make sure its Built Green™ British Columbia certified. If you're building a new home of your own look for the Built Green™ British Columbia Certified Builder logo when choosing the builder for your new home.
What Colour is Your Future?
Built Green™ British Columbia represents a new way of building homes. This exciting program, managed by the Canadian Home Builders' Association of British Columbia, promotes sustainable or green new-home building practices to give the ability to make smart, energy efficient choices for your home and family.
To find out more visit www.builtgreencanada.ca.