This year we finished work on a new passive house in the Chelsea Highlands, a planned development on 90 acres outside of Chelsea, Quebec. The community is notable for being just a short drive from Ottawa-Gatineau; it also has a strong focus on sustainability.
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EkoBuilt Open House on June 11th
We’re getting ready for the very first showing of EkoBuilt’s new model passive home on Saturday, June 11th. Plan to join us in Dunrobin, west Ottawa.
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A Semi-Detached Passive House Plan
This one may be of particular interest to our urban followers! We have a semi-detached project underway and have added the floorplan to our portfolio.
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Client defined design near North Bay
In 2021 we supplied our weathertight material package to a couple wishing to build a small passive home near North Bay, Ontario.
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Video walkthrough of an EkoBuilt home
EkoBuilt’s Mikhail Laxton meets with Jen Stewart who built her dream Passive House in the woods of Wakefield, Quebec just feet from the beautiful Gatineau River.
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One Plan Many Ways: The Hummingbird
Over the past year or so The Hummingbird has become one of our most popular plans. Find out what’s so fantastic about this single-floor plan and the variations we’ve made available.
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Ottawa coach homes as income properties
We recently completed a build of two coach homes in the long established Glebe neighbourhood just south of Ottawa’s downtown core. We have a video walkthrough to share!
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Interior Photos for Hummingbird Model
We’re so pleased to have interior shots of a recently completed EkoBuilt passive house that uses our extremely popular Hummingbird plan. This super energy efficient bungalow has four bedrooms and two bathrooms, and just a great sense of flow.
The plans include a statement wall of windows that also creates a tremendous sense of connection with the outside world. Not surprisingly, this plan is particularly popular with clients who’ve selected a location where nature features large.
Hummingbird House Plan
It’s all in the details for this simple yet very effective house plan:
- Master bedroom with ensuite
- 3 additional bedrooms
- Second bath with shower near home’s entrance
- Huge common living area with kitchen / dining / and living spaces focused along a statement wall of windows
- Integrated screened in porch for outdoor living
- Utility/laundry room
- 1,916 sq ft
- Build slab on grade or optional basement
This house plan is one of our most requested and will also be one of our first homes to be built in the United States (Lake Placid – project expected 2022).
See interior shots for this recently completed home on Round Lake in rural Ontario (near Pembroke) by EkoBuilt below.
The plan used in this build is slightly different than the main Hummingbird Plans on our Passive House Plans page.
Interior Photo Gallery
Looking for Gorgeous Energy Efficient House Plans?
Check out our portfolio of energy efficient houseplans from the tiny to the generous in size, with or without basement, with the option of including a garage or carport.
Video of Our New Model Home Build
If you’re not on Facebook, you might have missed a neat little video overview of this year’s build of the new EkoBuilt model home.
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Custom 2-Storey Passive Home
In 2020 we sold our first model home, the hugely popular Trillium model that we had built west of Ottawa as a showcase for our passive house offering. This is an overview of that build. Our new model home isn’t ready yet, but you can read about it here.
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