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Join Sustainable Housing Foundation for an intriguing Dragon's Den-style webinar happening April 8th at 10:30am . Local HVAC contractors will demo their "sales pitch" to a panel of 15+ builders to determine their approach to the upcoming Tier 3 Code compliance for energy. This event will help clear up the myths of heat pumps and explain the pros and cons of their use. To register for this event, please visit https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/slaying-the-myth-of-heat-pumps-tickets

The Canadian Board for Harmonized Construction Codes (CBHCC) released the 2025 National Model Codes on December 22, 2025, introducing significant regulatory updates amid a severe housing market downturn. Ontario’s preconstruction ground-oriented home sales have dropped 70% and multi-unit residential sales 90%, intensifying concerns that stricter regulations will further harm affordability and supply. The National Model Codes, once adopted by provinces and territories, set min

The Current Reality of Homebuilding in Ontario: Then vs Now Please join us for an important discussion about residential homebuilding in Ontario in the current economic climate. We are inviting you to an evening of networking with a powerful roster of speakers. After Code harmonization and the introduction of Bill 17, stakeholders need strategies to navigate local building approvals while maintaining affordability of housing in Ontario. Key to this is understanding how the On

The Government of Ontario introduced Bill 17, the Protect Ontario by Building Faster and Smarter Act , which received royal assent in...

The Sustainable Housing Foundation is inviting builders to take part in exploring the myths of the residential construction industry. At...

Event Venue: Flemingdon Golf course Event Date: June 19, 2025 June 19, 2025 12 Noon to 5 PM Flemingdon Golf Course, Toronto The annual...

The Sustainable Housing Foundation is inviting builders to take part in the Hybrid House initiative—a groundbreaking approach to...

Traditional building energy modeling requires specialized expertise and significant time and resources, often making it less...

Low Carbon Home Builder’s Coalition Annual Dinner   Environmental, Social Governance, Embodied Carbon and a celebration of Better Builder...

The impact of climate change has reached a point where it can no longer be ignored. Nowhere is this movement more impactful than the...

June 19, 2024 12 Noon to 5 PM Flemingdon Golf Course, Toronto The annual Green Builder Challenge Golf Tournament, hosted  by the...

This past June, a Canadian builder, was on a flight back to Toronto from Florida after Game Seven of the Stanley Cup final. Along the...

On April 10, the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MMAH) announced that they would not completely harmonize the Ontario Building...

Federal climate change policy and the National Building Code (NBC) are targeting Net Zero Energy Ready new homes and buildings by 2030. ...

Depending on where you are in Canada — or even Ontario, for that matter — the direction from all levels of government is that we are...

The impact of climate change has reached a point where it can no longer be ignored. Federal and Provincial governments have implemented...

This year, like many others, was my first time attending the Low Carbon Home Builders Coalition. It was a great opportunity to network...

What makes good leadership? We know that poor leadership usually consists of simplistic thinking or fundamentalism. In contrast,...

Here are some ideas that Paul Lowes would like you to examine when it comes to the future of residential home building. The impact of...

Introducing the Low Carbon Home Builder’s Coalition   Here’s a question worth asking. In Ontario, we have a surplus of off-peak...