Sustainable Buildings, For Generations
1908 to Net-Zero
(Re)constructing a 117-year-old home to CHBA Net-Zero Standards.
A three-dwelling strata project by Deep Green Developments including the original character heritage home, an expanded 2-bedroom garden suite, and a new 3-bedroom Net-Zero laneway home in Vancouver’s Mount Pleasant neighbourhood.
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THANK YOU TO OUR TEAM
- Builder: Best Builders
- Architect: Smithcraft Architecture
- Energy Advisor: Capture Energy
- Interior Design: Form Collective
- House Lift: Nickel Bros
- Research & Development Partners: Kiwi Innovation & VEMA Deconstruction
- Education Partners: Canadian Home Builders’ Association, Homebuilders Association Vancouver
- Sustainable Material Partners: RMC Ready-Mix, Airfoam, SIGA North America, Longboard Architectural Products
- Programs: ZEIC NearZero Stream 2 (Embodied Carbon)
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Press Release – Episode 1: Project Vision
Press Release – Episode 2: Integrated Design & House Lift
About Deep Green Developments
WE DEMYSTIFY SUSTAINABLE BUILDING METHODS AND BRING CONSTRUCTIBLE KNOW-HOW TO SINGLE-FAMILY, MULTI-FAMILY, AND MIXED-USE RENOVATIONS & NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Drawing on over fifteen years of complex commercial construction experience, Deep Green Developments offers full project lifecycle construction management services. We will distill your dream into a crisp project charter, assemble and lead an expert team who is prepared and equipped to bring it to life, and see you to occupancy in your new space.
Through direct experience with the Living Building Challenge, LEED Silver/Gold/Platinum, CHBA Certified Net-Zero, Passivhaus (Passive House Canada), Vancouver Building By-Law, and the BC Energy Step Code, we help you navigate the rapidly evolving sustainable construction landscape to establish your performance and building use objectives, and bring your environmentally conscious project to life.
With collaboration and proper planning, deeply sustainable and ruggedly durable projects are achievable within a traditional construction budget.
Philosophy
TO BE EFFECTIVE STEWARDS OF OUR PLANET WE MUST THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT CONSTRUCTION.
According to the World Green Building Council, building and construction are responsible for 39% of all global carbon emissions, with 28% coming from operational emissions (from energy to heat, cool, and light) and 11% from the embodied carbon emissions associated with materials used in the construction process itself.
Designing and building homes or commercial spaces that are climate friendly is not rocket science, but it is building science!
Carefully considering a building’s use and performance characteristics, the site’s natural energy generation potential, the locally available building materials, a structure’s resiliency to climate change and time, as well as the build strategy to bring it to life are all critical aspects that must work in harmony to ensure a successful project delivery.
At Deep Green Developments, our objective is simple: deliver ruggedly resilient sustainable buildings to last generations, within a traditional construction budget.
Services
IN SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION, EXPERTISE AND KNOW-HOW MATTER.
Deep Green Developments offers a suite of services tailored to your project’s needs. Designed to smooth your path to occupancy, we create a collaborative and thoroughly planned design and construction process, delivering an exceptional result.
DEVELOPMENT OF YOUR PROJECT CHARTER
- Setting building performance benchmarks
- Review of onsite energy generation potential
- Selecting appropriate sustainability targets or certifications (ie: LEED, Passivhaus, CHBA Net-Zero)
- Material selection guidelines for reduced embodied carbon emissions
PROJECT TEAM ASSEMBLY
- RFQ Development
- Contractor / Consultant / Service provider evaluation
- Team onboarding and project kickoff for assured direction, alignment, & commitment
BUILD-STRATEGY CONSULTATION
- Scope review and offsite fabrication feasibility
- Pre-fabrication (manufacturing) implementation management
- Owner and build team training
- Integrated project management
OWNER’S REPRESENTATIVE SERVICES
- Act on the Owner’s behalf to direct & manage Architectural/ Design, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, Envelope, Solar, Interior Design, Energy Advisors, 3rd Party Certification Administrators, and Building Professionals
SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT
- Feasibility, scoping, program selection
- Vendor enrollment & management
- Owner’s representation (LEED/Passivhaus)
- Renewable generation & green spaces
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