Reid’s Heritage Homes: Building Net Zero Homes in a Production Setting
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Delta Management Group is the leading sustainability, ESG and clean tech focused search firm in Canada. Delta is proud to have founded the Canada's Clean50 Award program in 2011, and has been the primary sponsor for the past 13 years.
Net Zero Energy (NZE) homes in theory produce the same amount of energy as their occupants use, through building in a combination of both energy generation and conservation. While the idea has been around for a while, production home builders have struggled to find a combination that produced results, and was sufficiently affordable that consumers would buy it.
Joining a group of Canadian builders working with suppliers and with NRCAN support, Reid’s focused heavily on exploring construction and building techniques, insulation methodologies, and working with local suppliers, appliance manufacturers, and the University of Guelph to try and extract both energy and cost efficiencies. The net (or rather, net zero) result was 5 homes whose consumption dropped by 80% – allowing for solar panels to cover the remaining 20%.
