WHAT WE OFFER
Project Delivery is a team sport.
As a team member, Cold Climate Building can provide valuable insights at any stage of the delivery process: strategic planning; technical programming; design and construction.
High Performance Housing
As energy prices rise and governments come to grips with their environmental commitments, higher standards for new houses, and the search for better ways to retrofit existing houses, create new challenges and opportunities.
Making informed choices about the use of pre-fabricated building systems; assessing the constructibility of building details; evaluating existing buildings to determine energy upgrade strategies – these are all ways in which the design team can benefit from our experience.
Building Enclosure Design for the North
The driving forces behind heat, air and moisture flow are strongest in cold climates, as is the stress on the building enclosure to control them. While this has been long understood and the materials to manage these “flows” are widely available, poor northern building design and construction persists.
Professional Development
A thorough grounding in building science is a gap in the formal training of many architects, engineers and other construction professionals. In an architectural office, for example, a building science refresher followed by a discussion of how it applies to an upcoming project can improve the building and the confidence of those designing it.