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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Menlo Park III – It’s spacious and contemporary

Urbandale’s Menlo Park III  model will move you in terms of its size, contemporary style and overall appealing look.

The Menlo Park III is part of Urbandale’s Horizon Collection and with its 3,289 square feet of space, it’s a home meant for large living. It’s located on a 60-foot wide lot in Kanata Lakes and has a base price of $663,900. It has a three-car garage and is a R-2000 home.

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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

The Ottawa Sun writes about our Horizon Townhome models in Kanata Lakes

Come explore the new model homes from the Horizon Collection in Kanata Lakes.

Check out the article in this weekends Ottawa Sun in regards to our new model homes.

http://www.ottawasun.com/newhomes/2011/02/03/17143536.html

General Manager’s Letter to Customers in Regards to KNL Development

Below is a copy a of a letter our General Manager sent to all Urbandale Customers in regards to the KNL Develpment in Kanata Lakes.

Urbandale wins three Greater Ottawa Homebuilder Sammy Awards

We are honoured that Urbandale Construction was recognized with 3 awards at the Greater Ottawa Homebuilders Association Sales and Marketing Awards.

We received awards for Best Builder Website, Best Environmental Model Home, and Most Innovative Marketing Display.

The  Best Environmental Model home was for our new Horizon Model “The Sunny Brea”  The model is built to  R-200 home standards and beyond R-2000 by including features such as dual flush toilets, CFL bulbs in all pots and bathrooms and equipped with a Control 4 smart home system. This controls light settings, heating, (saving on energy costs) as well as multi-media equipment and security through mobile devices. Read more about The Sunny Brea ins this weekend Ottawa Citizen.

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/.

New Model Homes Grand Opening!

We have now released our Horizon Collection of Single Family home designs on 35′ lots in the community of Bridlewood.  Come view the new model homes from the collection on Saturday, June 19th, 2010 upon our Sales Centre opening at noon.  They are located across from the Sales Centre at 200 Waymark Crest on Bridgestone Dr.

Based on our successful Horizon Collection townhomes, these single family homes were inspired by the horizon, where the earth meets the sky, and and a symbol of exploration and possibility. They feature modern designed exteriors with linear elements to represent the Horizon such as sharp straight lines and windows grouped in horizontal bands. These external parallel lines integrate well with open concept floor plans that allow room to move, providing a chance to explore the possibilities available to you in your new Urbandale R-2000 Single family home.

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.