Benefits of Building Green

BUILT GREEN® homes give homeowners and their families a sense of pride and well-being; not only does their home have a low impact on the environment, it also allows for cost savings and healthier living.

Efficient and Affordable

• You can save up to 10% on your CMHC mortgage as a new home buyer. For more information, visit the CHMC website.
• Buying an energy-efficient home or making energy-saving renovations can offer big savings in terms of operating costs.¹
  

An Environmental Solution

• Since 2002, Built Green Canada has built homes that have saved 50% of energy usage and reduced over 100,000 tons of CO₂ emissions;²
• Built Green Canada has saved over 5 Million liters of water since 2002.³

Sustainable and Durable

• A BUILT GREEN® certified home is guaranteed to last with minimal impact on the environment.
  

Improved Comfort and Health

• Improved indoor air quality and humidity control;
• A healthy, clean, quiet indoor environment.

¹This is dependent upon the home owner taking responsibility for their energy consumption; following instructions on how to use their furnace correctly; changing their furnace filter regularly; and ensuring that all other operational systems or maintained regularly.
²These numbers are based on an aggregate of homes built between 2007 and 2010 in Alberta.
³These numbers are also based on the same aggregate of homes built between 2007 and 2010 in Alberta.