Ottawa home builder EkoBuilt at the Ottawa Home & Garden Show 2017
EkoBuilt News & Happenings, Healthy Living

Save the date: Where you can meet with EkoBuilt this spring

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Heading towards spring, we want to be sure you are aware of the show schedule for EkoBuilt, as well as our next planned open house at the EkoModel Home just west of Ottawa.

Ottawa Home & Garden Show
EY Centre, Ottawa
March 21 – 24, 2019

(And yes, we’ll have tickets to giveaway for that show closer to the time!)

Spring EkoModel Home Open House
96 Libbys Road, McNab/Braeside, ON K7S 0E1
Sat, April 6, 2019
9am – 3pm

Healthy Brain and Body Show
EY Centre, Ottawa
May 4 – 5, 2019 (FREE)

Live the Smart Way
RA Centre, Ottawa
May 11 – 12, 2019 (Tickets $5 and help to support The Royal Mental Health – Care and Research)

Do let us know what you’re planning to attend, we’d love to see you there.

A rocking chair in a room of the EkoModel Home
EkoBuilt News & Happenings, Passive House resources

EkoBuilt Open House this Saturday

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We’ve had tremendous feedback on our Open House at the EkoModel Home this Saturday, 26 January 2019. Paul Kealey is already fully booked for conversations with some of you throughout the day; if you haven’t snagged a time to speak with Paul, don’t worry, there is still much to come out for:

  • 12.30 – 1pm will feature a presentation on sustainable home building by a team from Algonquin College
  • The whole day will be a super opportunity to look over and feel what it’s like to be in a passive home built with care and quality materials
  • If you’re lucky, you may get a few minutes to speak with EkoBuilt’s Paul Kealey, but if not don’t worry, you can follow up with a phone call or arrange a meeting. EkoBuilt will also be an exhibitor at three shows in Ottawa this spring and will run another Open House at the EkoModel Home in April.

EkoModel Home Open House
Sat, January 26th, 2019
9am to 3pm
96 Libbys Road
McNab/Braeside, ON K7S 0E1

Please come to feel and see for yourself the incredible comfort of a beautifully built Passive House.

EkoBuilt’s demonstration PassiveHouse was built on a 10-acre property just west of Ottawa during 2016. This 2,506 square foot home includes 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, and beautiful, sun-filled rooms.

Spring 2019 Trade Show Schedule

Come out to see the EkoBuilt team and offerings at these shows in spring 2019:

EkoModel News, Energy Efficiency, Passive House resources

Passive House Days 2018 and another Eco-Feu giveaway!

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With International Passive House Days 2018 on the horizon, we’re getting excited about connecting with Ottawa area residents who want to know more about EkoBuilt’s passive house and sustainable home building options. Sadly, a tornado blighted the lives of some local residents on the same weekend as Green Energy Doors Open and we just didn’t get the turnout that we normally would.

There is another chance to chat with us in the EkoModel Home, from November 9-11, 2018. We hope you’ll come out with your questions and to experience the comfort of this super energy efficient home, a great example of what we can do.

You could win!

Cartier table top fire featureAnyone visiting us that weekend will have the chance to join our mailing list and go into the draw for a Cartier tabletop fire feature from Eco-Feu of Montreal!

Already on the mailing list? You can still enter the draw by sharing with us what topics you’d like to see us delve into on the EkoBuilt blog and on social media.

The Cartier unit when paired with a 4 gallons of fuel retails for $308.80.

We will also have a complete Eco-Feu catalogue on hand so that you can see the other ethanol fire place/feature options.

We’re delighted to continue our focus on this giveaway; it really helps with communicating the ease of heating a Passive House.

Please let us know if you’re planning to visit on the Nov 9-11 weekend, we’d love to see you!

 

International Passive House Days poster
EkoModel News, House Design

International Passive House Days come to Ottawa

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Passive House residents around the world open their doors Nov 11th – 13th, 2016. Get first hand experience of the many advantages Passive Houses offer. The EkoModel Home near Ottawa is nearly complete, so this is a great time to visit our project and check out others in the area.

Find Homes in Your Area

Ottawa Passive House with double car garage

Wondering what your passive house might look like with a garage or carport? So did we! Our next blog post will focus on design options for these practical elements.

To search on participating homes in Ottawa, Eastern Ontario, or wherever you live, use the Passive House Database.

The listing for the EkoModel Home, including its passive house credentials, can be found at listing 5081 on the Passive House Database.

Please come out and visit our four-bedroom, 2,509 sq ft passive house on any of the following days:

Fri, 11 Nov: 9-5pm
Sat, 12 Nov: 9-5pm
Sun, 13 Nov: 9-5pm

See complete house plans for the EkoBuilt Trillium passive house right here.

EkoBuilt News & Happenings

Ottawa’s First Passive House Kit

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Ottawa passive house model home by EkoBuilt

At the framing stage

The Passive House model was made available in an affordable kit format by EkoBuilt in 2015; this year anyone in the Ottawa region has a tremendous opportunity to watch the build of one of these kits.

The EkoModel House is well underway in McNab-Braeside just west of Ottawa. Occupying a 10-acre property with rolling hills, the 2,509 square foot, four-bedroom home is very much in keeping with its surroundings and is being engineered with reduced development impact as a priority.

The house comes comfortably under the 3,000 square foot benchmark set for four-bedroom homes by the Canadian Green Building Council, and would be awarded 4 LEED points. In addition, the home:

  • meets the Passive House surface area to volume ratio of 0.75
  • features a very low maintenance low-slope roof system that eliminates dormers and valleys
  • incorporates materials and systems designed with performance, durability, and lower maintenance in mind, that are also local, recycled and renewable
  • consumes very little energy and has a high degree of albedo (reflectivity), thereby minimizing the heat island effect

To find out more about the EkoModel home and to arrange a visit, please see details on our newly launched Ottawa Passive House project website.