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Speak­ing about Eco Build­ings and Green Homes

 

 

 

“These homes are bril­liant!” (Con­fer­ence attendee)

Man­dala Homes had the honor of being present at the Global Buy­ers Mis­sion in Whistler, B.C. Sept 8–10, 2011.

The room buzzed with hun­dreds of peo­ple from all parts of the world; China, Japan Korea, India, Tai­wan, Viet­nam, USA and Canada. The words from many lan­guages drifted in the air and the col­ors green and  brown were dom­i­nant in the room. BC wood prod­ucts were dis­played in every con­ceiv­able form.

Man­dala Homes received a great deal of atten­tion due to our unique strength as an expe­ri­enced pre­fab­ri­ca­tion builder spe­cial­iz­ing in homes that are:

  • Hur­ri­cane Resistant
  • Wind Resis­tant
  • Earth­quake Resistant
  • Energy Effi­cient
  • Pre­fab­ri­cated Round Home Kits

Lars Chose, Pres­i­dent, had the priv­i­lege to present a les­son to groups of archi­tects dur­ing the con­fer­ence. The pre­sen­ta­tion had two parts:

  1. The Intel­li­gence of Round
  2. Energy Effi­cient Wall Systems

The con­fer­ence was a delight­ful oppor­tu­nity to con­nect with a global com­mu­nity of entre­pre­neurs, col­leagues and peo­ple inter­ested in safe , sus­tain­able and beau­ti­ful buildings.

 

 

Mandala Homes featured in BC Wood Connections

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Tim­ber fram­ing details

For 11 years, Man­dala  Homes has been design­ing and build­ing pre-fabricated round and rec­tan­gu­lar home pack­ages in Nel­son, BC and dis­trib­ut­ing all over the globe, with Canada and US being their main mar­ket.  Along with pre-fabricated home pack­ages, they also sell deck­ing, floor­ing, trim pack­ages, pre stained cedar sid­ing, tim­ber frame com­po­nents and wood win­dow & door pack­ages.   Man­dala Homes with its triple-bottom line busi­ness model makes its busi­ness deci­sion by tak­ing into account the finan­cial, social, and envi­ron­men­tal impact. Con­tinue read­ing →

Green Building Practices and Techniques

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Envi­ron­men­tal Issues

June 12 2011. Lars Chose and Rachel Ross of Man­dala Homes were invited to speak on the topic of Green Build­ing Prac­tices by Verge Per­ma­cul­ture. This dis­cus­sion was a por­tion of the Per­ma­cul­ture Design Cer­ti­fi­ca­tion Course. Verge Per­ma­cul­ture is a Calgary-based com­pany that spe­cial­izes in a sys­tems design approach to sus­tain­able human habi­tat with a focus on inter­con­nected ele­ments: low energy build­ings, water man­age­ment, waste re-use, renew­able energy & food pro­duc­tion sys­tems.  www.vergepermaculture.ca Con­tinue read­ing →