Urbandale New Home Construction

Urbandale Commended for Building Canada’s First Home to the New 2012 R-2000 Standard

Read the Citizen’s coverage of the official launch of the new 2012 R-2000 Standard unveiled at Urbandale’s demonstration home in Bridlewood, Canada’s first 2012 R-2000 home.

The president of the Canadian Home Builders’ Association Ron Olson, who attended the launch, said participation in the R-2000 program is voluntary, an approach that “has a strong sense of ownership for builders. They offer it to customers with passion and enthusiasm, and Matthew has shown that today, which comes from knowing that they are building the best houses in the world.”

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Urbandale noted as an industry leader multiple times in The Ottawa Citizen’s special report on GOING GREEN

Making R-2000 standard fare

Urbandale’s demonstration home in Bridlewood set to be the first home in Canada built to the new R-2000 standard.

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Accidental energy misers
Thanks to Janna and Andrew Holmes for sharing the energy cost savings they’re enjoying in their new R-2000 Urbandale home in Bridlewood.

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Then & now
Urbandale’s General Manager quoted as a leading proponent of energy efficiency in the home building industry in this article reviewing how energy efficiency in homes has changed over the past 50 years.

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Best bang for your buck
Urbandale highlighted as a ‘forward-thinking builder’ for use of superior Energy Star Zone C windows.

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Code green: What does ‘green’ mean for your home?
Urbandale described as being ‘ahead of the pack’ for the launch of our demo home built to the new R-2000 standards taking place in Bridlewood next month.

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Urbandale teams up with Carleton U to build to the next step in energy efficiency

The Ottawa Business Journal highlighted Urbandale Construction’s involvement with Carleton University Engineering students.  See how we combined Urbandale eco-friendly technologies with Carleton’s latest research to gain insight on design ideas for the future in eco-friendly homebuilding.

http://www.obj.ca/Real-Estate/Residential/2011-04-25/article-2453432/Building-a-better-house-%26hellip%3B-on-campus/1

Urbandale’s General Manager focus of sustainable building article in Ottawa Construction News.

In May our General Manager was invited to take part in the closing panel discussion at the “Ottawa Green Building”  conference.  The discussion focused on the policies needed to encourage more sustainable building projects.  Ottawa Construction News highlighted his presentation in a recent article. 

For more information on our General Manager’s participation in this conference you can visit his blog at http://www.insidethehousingevolution.com/.

The Ottawa Sun writes about our Horizon Collection Towns.

The Ottawa Sun has highlighted our Horizon Collection Townhomes.

You can read the full article on the Ottawa Sun website.

Urbandale’s General Manager wins R-2000 Builder of the Year Award

We are proud to announce the Canadian Home Builders’ Association (CHBA) honoured our General Manager, Matthew Sachs, with the R-2000 Builder of the Year Award for his “outstanding contribution to energy-efficient housing through the R-2000 program” at the 67h CHBA National Conference.

Matthew was nominated by the local Greater Ottawa Home Builders’ Association and the award is given to a member who “is an active R-2000 builder member and who has shown outstanding leadership in the construction of R-2000 homes, and who has promoted R-2000 as an advanced building technology within the association”.

Matthew currently sits as the vice-chair of the R-2000 Standard Renewal Committee and is involved in the Technology Roadmap for Sustainable Housing.

You can read full coverage at the Ottawa Sun website.

Ottawa Citizen Spotlights Our New Community of eQuinelle

The Ottawa Citizen has taken an in-depth look into our newest community of eQuinelle in Kemptville, Ontario.

You can read the full article at the Ottawa Citizen website.

Urbandale News Archive

Over the years Urbandale Construction has been highlighted in our local news as a leader in Energy Efficient and Environmental Building Practices. Read some of the following articles to learn more:

• Talk of the town – Ottawa Citizen – February 27, 2007 (pdf)
• Jazz it up The Ottawa Citizen: – September 26/2009 (pdf)
• Mike Holmes supports R-2000 homes The Ottawa Citizen – June 13/2009 (pdf)
• R2000 / ENERGY STAR® – Winning Energy Smarts Ottawa Citizen – Jan. 17/2009 (pdf)
• Ottawa Sun New Homes: The Frisco II The Ottawa Sun – August 8/2009 (pdf)
• R2000 – Why it pays to be green Ottawa Citizen – Jan. 12/2008 (pdf)
• Communites of green – The Ottawa Citizen – March 3, 2007 (pdf)
• The Landing offers exclusive community The Ottawa Sun – Oct. 21/2006 (pdf)
• Kizell Pond next step in Kanata Lakes The Ottawa Sun – Oct. 21/2006 (pdf)