Building science helps create a healthy and happy home

BUILDING SCIENCE: CREATING A HEALTHY AND HAPPY HOME

Look at any city skyline and you will see advancements in architectural engineering and design. Yet the impact of buildings on the environment and our resources is rarely at the forefront of a homeowner’s mind.

Advancements in home-building science techniques and products are helping builders create healthy, comfortable and welcoming environments for families, while saving the homeowner money, energy and resources – with a lighter footprint on the environment, too. Now that’s a place I’d like to call home!

ADERA EARNS OVATION AWARD FOR HOUSING EXCELLENCE

Adera Development Corp., known for creating homes using wood frame technology, is a great example of what homeowners can expect today. As Built Green builders, they are leaders in both innovation and building science, and as a result were recently recognized at the 2018 Ovation Awards, a program that celebrates housing excellence across Metro Vancouver. Adera took home four wins for their new community South Ridge Club, including Multi-Family Home Builder of the Year.

What is the secret to their success? Adera’s commitment to sustainability and excellence in architectural quality, including the interior and exterior design.

Their use of wood construction has been proven to meet, or exceed, concrete structures built to code in virtually every way. Their use of Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) provides legitimate fire resistance, outperforms concrete in seismic conditions, and even transmits less airborne and impact sounds between attached homes, complementing Adera’s Quiet Home Technology.

QUIET TECHNOLOGY: A HOMEOWNER’S DREAM

Quiet Home Technology encompasses all aspects of the home, from the technology between walls and floors to additional strategies that fall under the scope of architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical and interior design. For example, the Grohe faucet is designed so that the turbidity and sound of water are reduced through padded rubber, which reduces the sound effects of water hitting the sink.

“Out of the last 557 units built with Quiet Home Technology, not a single complaint has been received regarding sound transmission, an enormous feat for a multi-family condominium development,” explains Eric Andreasen, vice-president of marketing and sales at Adera.

This process of construction assembly not only reduces air gaps, sound transmission, heat losses and odour transmissions – it also makes for a healthier home, and a happier homeowner.

To view other unique and innovative building technology available, visit ovationawards.ca

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