Logel Homes Certifies a Whopping Four High Density Projects in March

Building practices disrupt the model of extraction, consumption and disposal

March saw Built Green Canada certify four high density projects by Logel Homes. With this, they brought 206 new homes to the Calgary market that are more sustainably built—adjusting their policies along the way for greater conservation and contributions to a circular economy. Neither their progressive mindset nor their numbers are new for this home builder, who has certified 24 high density buildings to-date since 2019.

Acknowledged as Calgary’s most award-winning multi-family builder, and recently, for the fifth consecutive time, BILD Calgary’s Large Volume Multi-Family Builder of the Year, Logel Homes is focused on attention to detail and continuous improvement in all parts of home building—while looking for ways to minimize their impact. Built on a legacy of innovation, quality and a passion for exceptional customer experience, Logel Homes is setting the standard for multi-family housing. In fact, Logel Homes was the first multi-family builder in Calgary to bring a proprietary heat recovery ventilation system (HRV) to market in 2017.

As an active and long-standing member of Built Green Canada, Logel Homes looks to the future by continuously exploring and applying improvements in energy efficiency and sustainable practices to all the company’s projects. And looking ahead, they look forward to continuing to work with municipalities to reduce their environmental footprint through the implementation and promotion of solar and EV technologies.

“Logel Homes is committed to building sustainably and are thrilled to have achieved Built Green certification for these projects,” says Logel Homes’ Senior Vice President, Construction, Ryan Dyck.

Logel Homes went beyond their sustainable specifications, incorporating additional progressive practices into two of their newest builds—Livingston Views Buildings 9 and 10. These practices were implemented through their waste management policy, designed to minimize the impact of construction activities on the environment through the reduction of pollution, sustainable resource use, waste material management, and encouraging recycling.

Augmenting this policy, Logel Homes added and expanded their materials’ conservation, covering sharing, leasing, reusing, repairing, refurbishing and recycling existing materials and products. They saved on purchasing new lumber by reusing it from their other development sites. Beyond this, they donated brand new windows and patio doors to Habitat for Humanity of Southern Alberta rather than discarding them after changes to the building resulted in them being unusable.¹ The actions taken extended the life cycle of a variety of products, creating further value and breaking the linear model of take-make-consumer-throw away pattern.

The reuse of lumber benefits the environment by decreasing the demand for wood, while reducing landfill waste. The reused lumber is leftover from bracing, temp stair railings, and other projects that would otherwise be discarded to save time and space. Logel Homes makes the effort to use whatever they can, removing the nails and screws, and stacking the material onsite for ease of moving to other sites for further use. Meanwhile, the donation of patio doors and windows to Habitat for Humanity removed the chance of these materials ending up in landfill, while helping deserving families in the community that need a hand up through affordable housing.

These efforts offer a straightforward example of how the circular economy works: using valuable resources wisely, thinking about waste as a resource rather than a cost, and finding innovative ways to better the environment and the economy. And to enable measurability, Logel Homes catalogued and tracked their lumber conservation efforts to understand what was accomplished through their augmented policy, while their donations are tracked through the accounting department for tax purposes and measuring the ways they give back to the community.

¹For the Livingston View buildings, the exterior doors and windows were ordered in advance to ensure timely production and installation on schedule.