The Canadian government uses a system known as “EnerGuide” to give consumers a quick and easy way to identify appliances and products that offer significant energy savings. The EnerGuide system is also used to evaluate homes in terms of energy performance, using a scale of 0 to 100 to rate a given home’s energy efficiency.…
Good insulation and air sealing are two crucial elements of energy-efficient homes that can help save you a great deal over time. By inhibiting thermal transfer, insulation helps reduce your household energy consumption and keeps your heating and cooling costs in check. Good air sealing has a similar effect. Air leaks are one of the…
Energy efficient home builders are making a major impact in the Calgary construction industry. These builders use proven design principles and sustainable building materials to construct homes that conserve resources while offering superior comfort and livability. For homeowners, the end result is a house that saves them a great deal of money, thanks to dramatically…
When constructing your new Calgary area dream home with your builder, you will literally have scores of interesting (and sometimes complicated) decisions to make about all of the details you wish to see in your completed house. Choices such as what roofing to use, whether to have skylights, the kind of siding you would like, paint colours,…
At Fine Line Homes we constantly strive to be at the forefront of Alberta’s “eco friendly” home building industry. In the pursuit of that goal, we take pains to inform ourselves about every product on the market so that we can discuss them with our clients when they choose to take on a home building project. …