9 Energy Saving Tips You Should Apply This Fall
As the seasons change, so must our routines. This includes some shifts in home habits. Adapt to this switch, conserve energy, minimize utility bills, and help the environment by reducing your carbon footprint. Apply some practical tweaks to keep your home the most energy-efficient and manage the way you use water, heat, and electricity in […]
The First Thing is That Window Installation is Not DIY
In the words of Mike Holmes “Installing new windows is not a DIY job! You can have the best-made, most energy-efficient windows, but if they are not installed properly, then the windows will not provide their optimal performance, and you’ll just have wasted a whole bunch of money.” Mike Holmes is one of North America’s […]
HAVAN Spotlight: Kris Alexander (Homebuilders Association Vancouver)
We wanted to share our recent interview with Dawn at HAVAN, (The Homebuilders Association Vancouver). We recently joined this year, and are in good company with our friends at Jamie Banfield Design and Vinyltek Windows to name a few. HAVAN provides both industry and consumer education, and actively liaises with local municipal governments with […]
Energy Savings Benefits of Lo-E Window & Glass Door Coatings
How Many Ways Can We Write Low-Emissivity? Whether you’ve seen it written Lo-E, Low-E, Loe, or LoĒ it all means Low-Emissitivy. This is an invisible insulating coating for your windows and glass patio doors. You might have seen this terminology on different websites and maybe heard the term been thrown around. So what the heck […]
Welcome The Sunshine With High Performing Windows
Your Windows Can Help You Get The Most Out Of Your Home Several years ago I was driving through the British Properties in West Vancouver on my way to see a client early in the afternoon. It was a lovely, sunny spring day, and most of the homes in this area have great views of the ocean, […]