Fernie Energy Solutions
Residential Energy Advising Services
We don't just provide required reports, we provide solutions. By bridging the gap between energy modelling, mechanical engineering, and building envelope design, we ensure that these intertwined systems within your home work in harmony for the life of your home.
Streamlining the Step Code for a faster permit and a better build.
Building a home in Fernie is a significant investment, and now requires meeting rigorous provincial standards. We provide the data driven path you need to ensure that your project is compliant, comfortable, and eligible for every financial incentive.
The Energy Step code has fundamentally changed how we design and build homes. It moves away from simple prescriptive requirements to a performance based approach. This means that your home's energy is measured by its actual performance, which requires modelling before the first shovel hits the ground.
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Securing Your Building Permit: We create the mandatory energy compliance models required by the Building Departments to issue your permits.
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Precision Mechanical Design: We calculate the room-by-room heat loss and gain for every room in your home. This ensures your HVAC system is sized correctly, preventing common issues of oversized equipment, reducing system maintenance and uneven home temperatures.
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Unlocking Financial Incentives: High performance building doesn't have to break the budget. Our reports are the key to unlocking thousands of dollars from the provincial and federal incentive programs.
The Engineering Advantage
We don't just provide required reports, we provide solutions. By bridging the gap between energy modelling, mechanical engineering, and building envelope design, we ensure that these intertwined systems within your home work in harmony for the life of your home.
Most Asked Questions
When should I involve an Energy Advisor
Ideally, an energy advisor should be engaged during the inital design phase.
A Pre-Construction Compliance report, and F280-12 Report is mandatory for your Building permit Application.
Starting early allows us to optimize the envelope and mechanical requirements for your home, avoiding costly design and material changes later.
What are the critical testing milestones during construction?
The important testing milestones occur when your air barrier is complete but before your drywall is installed, and then again at the completion of construction to finalize your home's energy rating.
Testing at Mid Construction allows you to identify air leakage in the envelope while they are still acceptable and easy to seal.
How do your reports affect my mechanical and HVAC plans?
We use F280-12 standards to perform room-by-room heat loss and heat gain calculations for your build.
This data ensures your mechanical contractor installs a system that is perfectly sized for your home's performance level, rather than relying on rules-of-thumb.
Accurate mechanical sizing is a prerequisite for many provincial and federal energy efficiency rebates.