renovating an old home and bringing it up-to-date, making it more efficient and more comfortable for the client.” “We also enjoy new homes, because they allow us to really push the envelope in terms of innovation and sustainability,” he adds. “There’s more opportunity to do that in new homes.” According to Marc, clients who are interested in pursuing those opportunities tend to gravitate towards Ellenwood Homes for a few key reasons. One increasingly prominent factor, for example, is the company’s ability to balance energy efficiency with cost efficiency. For a long time, the extra costs of building green were the main reasons clients didn’t want to do it, but in recent years Marc and his team have been able to bring those costs down. Marc credits that to advancements in technology as well as the lessons they have learned over their decade-plus of building sustainably. “We have now got to the point where we can add innovation and increase efficiency without adding significant cost to the build,” he says. “That’s always been the challenge, and it’s something we’ve become quite good at doing.” Another point of difference, Marc says, is the company’s aforementioned ability to guide clients through the process from concept to completion. “Clients like the fact that we can take care of everything from conceptual design to detailed design all the way through to construction and delivery,” he explains. “We’re essentially a one-stop-shop. That’s an overused term, but it’s true. THE CONSTRUCTION SOURCE CANADA
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