Avalon Awarded Grant from CMHC to build third Discovery House
February 13, 2007 – Avalon Master Builder and Avalon Central Alberta, in partnership, have been selected as winners of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s (CMHC) Equilibrium sustainable housing competition to help us build our 3rd Discovery House.
Avalon is a pioneer in eco-smart building and has made a commitment to build a demonstration house every year to test the most current practices in environmentally sustainable and energy efficient home building technologies. In 2006, Avalon’s 2nd Discovery Home, combined state of the art energy efficient construction techniques and equipment with renewable solar energy to provide energy for use in this home. This was Avalon’s first NET-ZERO power home.
Avalon’s 3rd Discovery Home will take it another step further: Discovery 3 House will produce as much energy as it consumes on an annual basis. The home will feature an advanced grey water recycling system to reduce reliance on the municipal water system. An innovative wall and window system will further reduce overall power consumption while making the home more comfortable both summer and winter. Our Discovery 3 House will serve as a blueprint for future energy efficient construction.
Our vision is to build 100% of our homes as net-zero by the year 2015 at no additional cost to consumers.
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A Place to Call Home
April 30, 2007, Globe and Mail
A special information supplement on Canadian housing and home-finance innovations.
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Sustainable Suburbs Goal of Developer
March 31, 2007, Calgary Herald
An article featured in the New Homes section by Kathryn Young.
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Alberta Companies Honoured for Green Projects
February 17, 2007, Calgay Herald
An article by Marty Hope.
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Experience Excellence with Avalon
Experience excellence when buying your new home. That's the Avalon Master Builder difference. Avalon is an award winning builder recognized throughout Alberta for their commitment to quality, service and satisfaction.
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Customer Choice Rates Companies
April 23, 2005, Calgary Herald
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Avalon Master Builder Offers a Green Alternative
April 1, 2004, Condo-Source
These affordable town homes integrate functional beauty with adherence to the Built Green Alberta environmental initiatives. This means that each individual home is tested by a certified third party to ensure that it meets these strict elevated environmental standards.
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Greens a Go, First condo project under environmental program
March 27, 2004, Calgary Herald
Known as the Outlook of Royal Mews, the project was recently tested under the EnerGuide program. Two units were rated at 80 — the highest ever for a home to date.
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