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April 23-25 is the annual Spring Camp, hosted by Building Knowledge, McLeod Associates and RDH Building Science Laboratories. Camp will give you cause to rethink housing and housing conferences. Speakers range from building engineers to [...]

Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) has announced the release of the ENERGY STAR^® for New Homes (ESNH) Standard Version 12.8 and Version 17.0 Ontario. The ESNH Standard Version 12.8 and Version 17.0 Ontario includes the following key [...]

The shiny hardware going home with the winners of the EQ Awards! At the EQ Awards Gala on February 23, a highly talented group of builders, renovators, an evaluator and more took home hardware in recognition of their terrific work! Two new awards [...]

A reminder to all builders building ENERGY STAR^® qualified homes under the ENERGY STAR^® for New Homes program that you are required to sign an annual attestation that non-visual components in the home meet the requirements laid out in the ENERGY STAR^® [...]

Increasing energy performance requirements in building codes means rethinking how we build envelopes. To help with that, on January 18th, 2017, Canadian Home Builders' Association is offering the "Impact of Fenestration on the Building Envelope: A [...]

We're proud to present the 2017 Housing Innovation Forum conference program, taking place February 23rd at the Universal EventSpace in Vaughan. The day will feature an exciting and educational roster of panelists and subjects to inform and inspire [...]

Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) has now released their proposed changes to the ENERGY STAR^® for New Homes (ESNH) Standard, Version 12 builder option packages (BOPs) for Ontario. The revised performance targets and BOPs reflect the changes to the [...]

Shannon Bertuzzi is the brand new VP, Market Development at EnerQuality, someone whose former teammates would agree that “her bark is nowhere near as bad as her bite,” she admits. She comes to us from nine years at Enbridge as the Manager of [...]

For the third year Canadian Home Builders' Association, in partnership with Avid Ratings, is conducting a nationwide buyer preference study and seeking participants. The Canadian Home Buyer Preference National Study reveals new data in more than 50 [...]

Enbridge Gas Distribution has launched the Affordable Housing New Construction (AHNC) Program to encourage builders to adopt energy efficiency features when constructing new affordable housing in the Enbridge Gas service area. The goal is to reduce [...]