// COMPANY DOSSIER
Homesol Building Solutions Inc.
Building-science and energy-conservation consultancy that delivers energy modelling, air-tightness (blower-door) testing, EnerGuide ratings, and certification support (ENERGY STAR, R-2000, Net Zero, Passive House) for residential new construction and retrofits. It also runs federal/provincial program assessments such as the Canada Greener Homes Initiative and CMHC MLI Select.
📍 Moncton, New Brunswick, CanadaEst. 1999✓ 100% first-party verified
// CLIPS FROM Homesol Building Solutions Inc.
// LESSONS FROM Homesol Building Solutions Inc.
Building code is the legal floor — 'the worst home you are allowed to build by law' — not a quality target; frame every project above it.
Orient a passive-house design toward the south before specifying assemblies; the same wall spec on a north-facing lot will fail certification without upgrading windows and R-values.
Thick wall assemblies must use vapour-permeable materials that can dry in both directions; sealed foam inside high-R double-stud walls traps moisture and risks mould.
Treat the building envelope as skin (perspires but does not breathe) and the ERV/HRV as lungs; eliminating random penetrations then centralising ventilation is the correct air-tightness strategy.
A 1,000-CFM kitchen range hood at -25°C expels ~89,000 BTU/hr — nearly five times the entire heating load of a 4,000-sq-ft passive house; oversized exhaust fans are both wasteful and dangerous with fuel-burning appliances in tight homes.
Use the Integrated Design Process (IDP) from day one: energy advisors, building scientists, contractors, and architects must co-design, because what looks correct on paper is often impractical or expensive to build.
// SELECTED PROJECTS
The Grey Residence (Canadian Passive House)
CompletedAir-tightness testing and labelling
Home of Casey Grey / The Conscious Builder (the host of the seed episode); designed by Chris Straka, Vert Design. Certified by the Passive House Institute; 0.54 ACH airtightness, 13 kWh/(m2a) heat demand.
Riverpark Green
CompletedEnergy design, testing, inspection and quality assurance toward R-2000 certification
Partnership with builder RND Construction; the home achieved an EnerGuide rating of 89 with ~55% heating/cooling energy savings and ~73% less air leakage vs code. Award-winning development confirmed completed on RND Construction's own site (rndconstruction.ca/developments/riverpark-green/).
// KEY PEOPLE
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// NOTABLE
Founded in Ottawa in 1999, Homesol expanded across Ontario and then into Atlantic Canada, completing coverage of all four Atlantic provinces with its expansion into Newfoundland and Labrador; it lists offices/coverage including Moncton (NB), Dartmouth (NS), Summerside (PEI) and Perth (ON).
SOURCE ▸Founder Ross Elliott is a Certified Passive House Consultant (iPHI and PHIUS) and LEED Accredited Professional who was twice named Ontario's Energy Evaluator of the Year and inducted into the EnerQuality Hall of Fame (2014).
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