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This was interesting enough that I thought my readers would be interested. Another project that has just come top my attention as well is Waterfront and water view ;lits for sale within the city of Quesnel for under $35,000 including all services.
If you were looking for a unique setting for a vacation home with all the amenities, let me know and I will refer you to the vendor.
ingram
View from the Terraces of Peachland
by local artist and Peachland Councilor, Michael Henderson
Peachland, BC - For Immediate Release June 13, 2003
Mayor Robert Harriman Plants a Tree to Officially Open
The Home with a Difference at the Terraces of Peachland
The BC Ready-Mixed Concrete Association (BCRMCA) was pleased to receive local and regional VIP to check out the new building blocks and technologies in residential construction at the Home with a Difference located at Unit 138 - 5300 Huston Rd., Peachland BC.
The 2,500 sq. ft., 3-bedroom showcase home is constructed with ICF, a state-of-the-art wall system that results in an extremely solid, highly energy-efficient and very comfortable home. Insulating concrete forms (ICFs) are hollow "blocks" or "panels" made of highly insulated polystyrene. They are stacked like building blocks to form the walls of the structure. Reinforcing steel is added and concrete is poured into their hollow cavity. Together these well-known construction materials create a wall system that offers superior insulation and solid construction.
Mayor Harriman, who was raised in the building industry in Ontario, was extremely interested in the new technologies on display at the demonstration home. His family ran a building supply company and built single family home developments there many years ago. He suggested that "everyone in the valley should make time to learn about the benefits of building with these easy-to-assemble building blocks."
Eric Gerrits, President of the Canadian Home Builders Association of British Columbia (CHBA-BC) was on hand for the opening and enthusiastically encouraged everyone present to consider the new building technologies. Gerrits, a builder from Summerland, says that he is a convert to ICF (Insulated Concrete Form) construction and is currently building a home for a naturopath client who wanted to use these new building blocks is to keep the air inside his home as clean and free of pollutants as possible.
Building with ICFs has the additional benefit of superior sound and fire resistant qualities. Since the Terraces of Peachland is a gated community of duplex homes, sound attenuation and fire resistance were key considerations for Terraces Builder Don Owens. Owens, an R-2000 builder with 15 years experience, says that using ICF technology is the only construction that he has found that immediately starts paying for itself the day you take possession.
"While a wood-frame home may retain its purchase value, the cost of operation and maintenance can quickly run into serious money, especially the cost of heating and cooling. The ICF home is the only construction that pays for itself and then starts saving you money in the form of lowered utility costs," says Owens.
Letters were received from Rick Thorpe, MLA and Stockwell Day, MP for the region with congratulatory messages and indications of their keen desire to see this type of building continue to work within the community. (copies available on request)
"There are a lot of advantages to having a home built with concrete," says Carolyn Campbell, Executive Director of the BC Ready-Mixed Concrete Association. "Lower energy bills, a healthier living environment, and unlimited design possibilities are just some of the excellent benefits from insulating concrete form walls. And because they use up to 40% less energy than the average new home in Canada, ICF homes are better for the environment. Building homes with ICF is one of the ways that Canada's homebuilding industry can help to meet the country's CO2 emission reduction targets."
BCRMCA and their partners the Cement Association of Canada (CAC), R-2000 Program from the Canadian Home Builders' Association (CHBA-BC), builder Don Owens of Image Construction Ltd., Plasti-Fabs Advantage Wall Systems and OK Builders Supplies Ltd. will have experts available on site every weekend to answer questions about the latest techniques in home building.
The Home with a Difference at the Terraces of Peachland will be open to the public Saturdays & Sundays 10:00 am to 4:00 pm June 14th to July 6th inclusive.
Public Admission will be by donation of canned goods or a toonie for the Okanagan Food Bank.
The project is one of three ICF showcase homes, built to R-2000 standards that will be open to the public this summer.
The other homes are in Whistler and Surrey, BC. For more information, please visit the following websites at: www.bcrmca.bc.ca/icf, www.homewithadifference.com , http://r2000.chba.ca/indexe.html.
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Contact Information: Photos of the ceremony and features of the home are available.
Interviews with the builder, the ICF manufacturer or the associations involved and photo opportunities are available for the coming weeks by contacting Gail Ferrier at 604 931 4056, cell 604 818 6040,
BACKGROUND
ICFs -- Insulating Concrete Forms are hollow foam blocks or panels, which are stacked into the shape of the walls of a home. The forms are filled with reinforced concrete to create a solid structure, sandwiching a heavy, high-strength material between two layers of light, high-insulation foam. The resulting walls offer solid construction that is resistant to rot while providing a draft-free, quiet and comfortable living environment. In floor radiant heat provides even distribution of heat throughout the house, and a heat recovery ventilation system ensures fresh indoor air at all times.
ICF construction gives you a solid concrete wall. No thin/thick sections, just solid, uniform, insulated concrete walls with standard rebar. Because ICF homes have no thermal interchange, the temperature is consistent throughout the house and drafts are significantly reduced for more comfortable living. The bonus is that energy savings in dollars over the long term will prove to be quite substantial.
When designing today's new advanced concrete homes, builders are using concrete's energy efficiency to justify smaller heating and air conditioning systems. Concrete possesses a heat absorbing property called "thermal mass." This means that concrete absorbs heat and then releases it slowly, ensuring that the temperature in a concrete home will be consistent, no matter if it is day or night. summer or winter.
Gail Ferrier 604 931 4056
[email protected]
Visit our website for information All About Homes www.abouthomes.com
Visit the websites of my current projects:
www.homewithadifference.com www.cement.ca www.bcrmca.bc.ca www.chbabc.org www.georgieawards.com
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