The Construction Source

OCTOBER 2020 performance levels will be so low that, eventually, when they are being priced, they are going to suffer. They are not just going to be priced in association with their location and their materials and how high-end the appliances are, but also in association with their energy performance.” “We don’t want to be building houses now that in five-to-10 years will be obsolete and difficult to sell,” Kim continues. “Utility costs are going to be increasing nonstop and eventually those kinds of houses will be too expensive to maintain and live in on a monthly basis. It’s better to spend the extra time and the extra money now to build a higher-performing house. That’s going to save you in the long run and it’s going to keep your value high.” Also, higher-performing homes last longer, so they don’t need to be knocked down and rebuilt by future buyers or generations. That means less future waste in landfills, and less greenhouse gas emissions. That’s important because housing and buildings account for an outsized percentage of emissions across the planet, and Kim wants to do her part in reducing that percentage. “There’s really no drawback,” she says. So All Elements only wants to build “generational homes” – homes which last for generations, which increase in value with every passing year, which are inexpensive to live in and operate. The company is not interested in taking on anything that doesn’t tick those boxes, but at the same time, they don’t want to slow their growth. In recent years, they have been able to strike that balance extremely successfully. Between 2016 and 2020 in particular, All Elements has grown at a rapid pace, in terms of both staff size and revenue. In 2017, they tripled what they did the year before. In 2018, they grew by 30 per cent. In 2019, they grew by another 30 per cent. This year, they