Walking through Vancouver’s Mount Pleasant neighbourhood, one can see many character homes built before 1940 with heritage elements like hipped roofs, dormer windows and classical columns.
One of these homes, built in 1908, is particularly special. It’s being reconstructed to net-zero standards, and will become Canada’s first 115-year-old home to receive such extensive treatment that will enable it to produce as much energy as it consumes.
Owners Branden and Sylvie Kotyk decided to revitalize their house to provide a “national case study” that illuminates sustainable construction, based on Branden’s 18-year background in construction materials and his passion for sustainability.
The couple’s reconstruction project, dubbed “1908 to Net-Zero,” is being
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