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Related Sites
Participating Alberta Home Builders' Associations
Participating British Columbia Home Builders' Associations
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Office of Energy Efficiency (OEE)
Contracted by Built Green Canada to deliver training, EnerGuide for New Houses labeling/certification. (Delivers EnerGuide for New Houses and R-2000 in Alberta as well as Building Canada in BC, Alberta and Saskatchewan.)
The Construction Department Environmental Solutions Team wrote the feasibility study for the Built Green™ program and a 12-step program development template. They have also provided feasibility studies to CMHC on “New Home Energy Design and Cost-Benefit Optimization Software Tool” and “Green Mortgage Overview: Towards an Implementation Plan”. They played a pivotal role in the energy modeling of the Alberta Ecotrust Ecohome, a Calgary demonstration project intended to show consumers that a Built Green™ Gold and R-2000 home can be built for little more than a conventional new house. Offers a 10% CMHC mortgage loan insurance premium refund when purchasing an energy efficient home or making energy-saving renovations. You could also have the added flexibility of a longer amortization (the period of time required to repay your mortgage) from 25 years to a maximum of 35 years, significantly reducing your monthly payments.
Offers a 10% premium refund on Genworth-insured mortgages to home buyers purchasing an energy efficient home or refinancing an existing home to make energy-saving renovations. It is made available on loans with up to 35-year amortization periods at standard mortgage insurance premium rates.
CMHC recently launched the Net Zero Energy Healthy Housing national competition. Builders and developers are invited to participate in a unique opportunity to demonstrate their capabilities to develop innovative solutions and best practices that will demonstrate that housing can be built to meet societal and environmental needs, and set a new standard for housing in the near future. Net Zero Energy Healthy Housing involves a sustainable housing and community design solution that combines passive solar, energy efficient design, construction and appliances. Learn more by visiting www.cmhc.ca or calling 1-800-668-2642. Deadline for submissions is June 30, 2006. Click here to view the ad. |
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