The Construction Source

All Elements Design.Manage. Build is a Kelowna-based full service building company that is pushing the boundaries of environmental performance in the Okanagan. Director Kim Larson has been working in architecture and construction all her life, and since forming her own company in 2009, she built an unrivalled reputation for delivering high-end, high-performance homes for discerning clients in the Okanagan. In recent years, All Elements has committed to environmental sustainability as the main focus, and the company now works solely with likeminded clients on projects that are forward-thinking and energy-efficient. “All of our builds are high performance,” Kim says. “We won’t build a building-code house anymore. Efficiency is really important to us. That’s our brand. We’re net-zero builders and Step Code builders. That’s the way of the future, and we want to be leading the pack.” Kim has made this commitment both for ethical reasons but also commercial reasons. Commercially, she simply does not see a way forward for inefficient homes. “We don’t see the sense in building disposable houses,” she explains. “A lot of the homes being built out here to basic minimum code will not survive the test of time. Their OCTOBER 2020 “We won’t build a building-code house anymore. Efficiency is really important to us. That’s our brand. We’re net-zero builders and Step Code builders. That’s the way of the future, and we want to be leading the pack.”