Healthy, energy-efficient, carbon-sequestering housing

Poor housing increases energy poverty, health issues, maintenance costs, and environmental impact — especially in rural, remote, and Indigenous communities where housing challenges are often most severe.

The good news is that we already know how to build better.

Healthy homes are also naturally energy-efficient, durable, affordable, low-carbon, and resilient. Building science helps us understand how our homes actually work — how heat, air, and moisture move through a building — and how to create practical solutions that improve comfort, indoor air quality, durability, and long-term performance.

After more than 40 years working in construction, energy efficiency, and cold-climate housing, my focus today is on practical, real-world solutions: helping communities, organizations, and tradespeople build homes that work better for families and for future generations.

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Mission

“Accelerate the transition to healthy, durable, low-carbon cold-climate housing in rural, remote, and Indigenous communities through practical building science, mentorship, training, and community-based collaboration.”

4Syte Provides

• Practical building-science guidance, training, and mentorship
• Healthy homes, deep energy retrofits, and resilient cold-climate housing
• Trades, housing, and energy-technician training
• Advisory support for community-based housing initiatives
• Site testing, diagnostics, and building performance assessment
• Residential energy modeling (HOT2000, Volta, PHPP, WUFI Passive)