The New Market Niche

During this Real Estate downturn, investor are seeking for a new market niche - Green!

In moore park, just North of Rosedale, the recently-completed house on Inglewood Drive has been expanded to 4,300 square feet from the original 1,900. The new space comes from a main-floor family room and kitchen at the rear, a master bedroom suite above, and a finished third floor. This energy efficient house will use about 72 per cent less energy than an equivalent Ontario Building Code house.

The high-performance windows and built in state-of-the-art insulation and air-tightness windows are installed everywhere in the house. This house is built like a box that's designed to keep heat in the winter and keep heat out in the summer. The kitchen cabinets by Bloomsbury are constructed of wood so that do not emit formaldehyde.
Toilets with dual flushers let users decide how much flushing power they need. It has been very widely use in Hong Kong. Grey water from showers and baths is collected, treated, and re-used in the toilets. The amount of water saved for a household is quite significant.

The owner spent $3,000 on a drain water heat recovery system that uses a copper pipe to capture the heat from warm water that flows down the drain. The reclaimed energy is used to warm the fresh supply of cold water. Stone floors are warmed by radiant hot water, while an energy-efficient forced-air system blows heat through rooms with hardwood floors and powers the air conditioning.

The brilliant investor set himself apart from rival builders by building a greener house in Today's Real Estate Market.