Build Your Net‑Zero Home in Canada: Custom Eco House Design‑Build with Fixed‑Price Contracts—Book a Free Consultation
Design and build your custom Net‑Zero home anywhere in Canada with a transparent fixed‑price contract, integrated engineering, and performance guarantees. Our team manages permits, modeling, procurement, and construction, delivering healthy, quiet, resilient living with verified near‑zero annual energy consumption and clear milestones from concept through handover.
Canadian Net‑Zero Design‑Build Specialists
We are a multidisciplinary team of architects, engineers, and builders delivering custom Net‑Zero homes across Canada. By uniting modeling, permitting, procurement, and construction under one roof, we guarantee performance and a fixed price, ensuring predictability, comfort, and measurable sustainability.
Understanding Net‑Zero for Canadian Climates
We clarify what Net‑Zero means in practical, measurable terms for Canadian regions, covering energy balance, climate realities, code pathways, verification methods, and how thoughtful design decisions translate into comfort, reliability, and predictable operating costs throughout the building’s lifetime.
Definition and Performance Metrics
We define a Net‑Zero home as one that produces annually as much renewable energy as it consumes, verified through energy modeling and metered data. Metrics include modeled energy use intensity, EnerGuide ratings, seasonal loads, and solar production forecasts adjusted for orientation, shading, snow cover, and occupant behavior.
Climate Zones and Design Implications
Canada spans cold to very cold climate zones, demanding superinsulation, airtightness, and vapor‑safe assemblies. We tailor wall R‑values, window U‑factors, and mechanical strategies to regional temperatures, wind exposure, solar angles, and snow, ensuring robust comfort and peak demand control during deep‑winter conditions.
Third‑Party Standards and Verification
Independent verification builds trust. We align with EnerGuide evaluations and CHBA Net Zero labelling pathways, coordinate blower door testing, and document commissioning. This evidence‑based approach demonstrates airtightness targets, thermal continuity, and renewable production performance, supporting eligibility for incentives and future resale value.
Our Fixed‑Price Design‑Build Approach
We deliver integrated architecture, engineering, and construction under one accountable team, locking scope, schedule, and cost through a clear fixed‑price contract, detailed inclusions, and methodical risk management that protects budgets without compromising performance, aesthetic goals, or build quality in demanding climates.
Single Point of Accountability
Avoid fragmented responsibilities and conflicting priorities. With a unified design‑build team, you gain one contract, one manager, and coordinated decisions across architecture, engineering, procurement, and trades. This alignment streamlines approvals, reduces rework, and keeps energy targets front‑and‑center from concept through commissioning.
Transparent Scope and Allowances
Our proposals detail every inclusion, performance criterion, and allowance for finishes and fixtures, linking specifications to energy outcomes. You see exactly what is priced, what is optional, and how choices affect efficiency, durability, and schedule, preventing surprises and simplifying value comparisons during decisions.
Change Management Without Surprises
When scope changes, we quantify cost and schedule impacts early using updated models and supplier confirmations. You authorize only what you value, while the fixed‑price baseline protects your budget. Transparent logs, approvals, and updated cash flow forecasts keep decision making calm and predictable.
Design‑Build Services with Fixed Pricing
Choose focused packages or turnkey delivery. Every service integrates energy modeling, detailing, and procurement strategy, aligning cost, schedule, and performance so your investment achieves verified Net‑Zero results without uncertainty or scope gaps.
Concept Design and Net‑Zero Feasibility
We develop site‑specific concepts, massing studies, and preliminary energy models to establish envelope targets, mechanical strategies, and solar potential. You receive drawings, a performance narrative, and a fixed‑price proposal with allowances aligned to your aesthetic and budget priorities.
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Permit‑Ready Custom Net‑Zero Design Package
Comprehensive architectural design, structural coordination, detailed energy modeling, and permit drawings tailored to municipal requirements. Includes window schedules, wall sections, air barrier details, and specifications ensuring constructability, verified performance, and smooth approvals across Canadian jurisdictions.
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Turnkey Fixed‑Price Net‑Zero Build
Complete construction delivery under a single contract, covering procurement, trades, site management, airtightness testing, commissioning, and solar integration. Transparent inclusions and schedule milestones ensure accountability, while performance targets and documentation support rebates and future resale confidence.
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High‑Performance Building Envelope
Your envelope is the foundation of comfort and efficiency. We prioritize airtightness, thermal bridging control, moisture‑safe assemblies, and high‑performance windows to cut loads, stabilize indoor temperatures, and reduce mechanical system sizes without sacrificing natural light, design freedom, or durability.
Mechanical Systems Optimized for Net‑Zero
Right‑sized, efficient systems deliver comfort with minimal energy. We design cold‑climate heat pumps, balanced ventilation with heat recovery, and efficient hot water strategies, coordinated with envelope performance and renewables to achieve reliable, quiet operation and resilient backup options.
Cold‑Climate Heat Pumps
We select inverter‑driven, cold‑climate air‑source heat pumps tested for sub‑zero performance, with ducted or ductless distribution tailored to layout and acoustics. Careful sizing and defrost strategies maintain comfort, while integrated controls coordinate with solar production and time‑of‑use electricity pricing.
Ventilation with Heat Recovery
Balanced ventilation using HRV or ERV units supplies fresh air to living spaces and extracts from kitchens and baths. Commissioned airflow, quiet duct design, and smart filtration maintain excellent indoor air quality year‑round, with minimal heat loss and humidity control matched to regional needs.
Renewables, Storage, and Grid Interaction
We design solar and storage systems that align with roof geometry, local interconnection rules, and net metering programs, optimizing lifetime production, resilience, and economics while integrating smart controls that orchestrate loads and manage seasonal variability across Canadian latitudes.
Solar PV Design and Interconnection
Our PV layouts consider roof pitch, snow shedding, shading, and wire runs. We coordinate structural attachments, fire setbacks, and utility approvals. Production modeling accounts for winter angles and losses, ensuring realistic annual energy balancing under regional net metering or micro‑generation frameworks.
Battery Storage and Backup
Battery systems sustain essential circuits during outages and shift solar to evening peaks. We size capacity for your risk tolerance, integrate cold‑weather enclosures, and configure safe islanding. Load shedding and priority circuits preserve comfort and critical functions without oversizing or noise.
Smart Inverters and Utility Programs
Advanced inverters support grid services, voltage ride‑through, and export limits. We align settings with local requirements and opportunities, enabling time‑of‑use strategies, demand management, and safe shutdown behaviors that maximize value while maintaining compliance and homeowner‑friendly operation.
Low‑VOC and Moisture Management
Adhesives, sealants, paints, and flooring meet stringent emissions criteria. We pair vapor‑open assemblies with controlled ventilation to avoid trapped moisture. Detailing at wet rooms and basements mitigates mold risks, maintaining a healthy interior for all seasons and sensitive occupants.
Embodied Carbon and Material Choices
We compare product Environmental Product Declarations and select lower‑carbon alternatives such as engineered wood, mineral wool, and supplementary cementitious materials. Optimized spans and prefabrication reduce waste, while durability considerations ensure long service life and fewer replacement cycles.
Durable Finishes for Canadian Conditions
Exterior claddings, membranes, and roofing are chosen for freeze‑thaw cycles, UV exposure, and snow loads. Interior finishes resist abrasion and moisture while maintaining easy maintenance. These resilient selections protect your investment and complement a quiet, well‑insulated envelope.
Permitting, Codes, and Approvals
We navigate municipal permits, utility interconnections, and energy compliance documentation, coordinating with building departments and inspectors to keep your project moving smoothly, avoiding delays through complete drawings, stamped calculations, and proactive responses to review comments.
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Our team prepares permit drawings, coordinates surveys, and answers zoning and site plan questions. We anticipate local bylaws around height, setbacks, lot coverage, trees, heritage, and driveways, avoiding redesigns and keeping approvals predictable and timely.
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We deliver energy models that satisfy performance or prescriptive paths, documenting envelope measures, mechanical efficiencies, and renewables. Clear reports communicate compliance and support incentive applications, aligning modeled results with the final construction through commissioning and testing.
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We schedule inspections strategically, provide as‑built details, and maintain submittal logs. Testing reports, warranties, and manuals are organized for future maintenance. This documentation supports smooth occupancy, rebates, and long‑term homeowner confidence in the home’s performance.
Budgeting, Financing, and Incentives
We help you understand total project costs, funding options, and operational savings, combining accurate estimates with transparent allowances and guidance on available loans or rebates so your Net‑Zero investment remains predictable and well‑planned.
Cost Planning and Value Engineering
We develop cost ranges early, refine budgets as design advances, and identify value opportunities that preserve performance. Envelope upgrades often reduce mechanical sizes, improving lifecycle costs. Open pricing and supplier quotes keep assumptions grounded and comparable.
Loans, Rebates, and Tax Considerations
We advise on federal and provincial loan programs, utility rebates, and municipal incentives applicable to high‑performance construction, electrification, and solar. Documentation support increases approval likelihood and ensures timelines align with construction schedules and inspector availability.
Operating Cost Savings and Payback
We model energy bills under local tariffs, accounting for seasonal variability and net metering rules. Sensitivity analyses illustrate payback under fuel price changes, helping you select measures with the best risk‑adjusted returns and long‑term resilience.
Project Timeline and Delivery
We map every phase from discovery to move‑in, identifying critical path items, procurement lead times, and seasonal constraints, so you can plan with confidence and track progress against milestones matched to payment schedules and quality checks.
Pre‑Construction Milestones
Site analysis, concept design, energy modeling, surveys, and permits set the stage. Early selections for windows, heat pumps, and electrical gear accommodate current lead times, keeping the build schedule intact and avoiding costly idle periods on site.
Construction Phases and Site Logistics
From excavation and foundations through framing, enclosure, rough‑ins, and finishes, we sequence trades to protect airtightness and maintain cleanliness. Temporary heat, moisture control, and material storage plans safeguard quality during winter work and shoulder seasons.
Substantial Completion and Handover
We complete commissioning, deficiency lists, and homeowner training before handover. Manuals, warranties, and digital twins support operation. A comfort and performance check‑in after seasonal changes ensures systems continue to meet expectations as real‑world usage stabilizes.
Smart Home, Monitoring, and Commissioning
Integrated controls help you see and shape performance. We connect monitoring for energy, IAQ, and equipment health, enabling proactive maintenance, data‑driven optimization, and user‑friendly automations that support comfort without complexity.
- Real‑Time Energy Monitoring Circuit‑level metering shows where energy goes, correlating usage with weather and occupancy. Dashboards reveal trends and opportunities to shift loads to sunny hours or off‑peak rates, protecting the Net‑Zero balance and lowering annual bills without sacrificing comfort.
- Comfort and Indoor Air Quality Sensors Temperature, humidity, CO2, and particulates sensors verify healthy conditions. Alerts prompt filter changes or ventilation adjustments. The data ensures the home remains quiet, comfortable, and fresh, even during prolonged shoulder seasons or winter inversions in colder regions.
- Commissioning and Ongoing Tuning We verify flows, setpoints, and equipment staging, documenting performance. Seasonal tune‑ups, firmware updates, and owner feedback refine operation over time, maintaining low energy use and consistent comfort as habits and weather patterns evolve.
Performance Guarantees and Warranties
We stand behind results with airtightness targets, commissioning verification, and clear workmanship warranties, backed by responsive service and documented maintenance requirements that preserve eligibility and performance over the long term.
Contact usAirtightness and Energy Targets
Contracts reference verified blower door thresholds and modeled energy use ranges based on specified equipment and envelope. If results deviate, we investigate and correct root causes, ensuring the home performs as promised under normal occupancy patterns.
Systems Warranty and Service
Manufacturer warranties are complemented by workmanship coverage and scheduled check‑ins. We track serials, firmware, and service histories, coordinating warranty claims and preventive maintenance to minimize downtime and preserve efficiency year after year.
Post‑Occupancy Support
After move‑in, we remain available to answer questions, refine controls, and review monitoring data. Seasonal visits verify comfort, confirm ventilation settings, and support continuous improvement, ensuring long‑term satisfaction and predictable energy performance.
Resilience and Future‑Proofing
Your home should thrive under changing weather and technology. We plan for outages, smoke, heat waves, and evolving tariffs, selecting systems and layouts that adapt gracefully and maintain comfort with minimal energy.
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