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Ezio Tartaro, President of Gintar Contractors, on site at the Fairways at Seven Lakes, a luxury town home development in LaSalle Ontario. Photo by: Heike Delmore, Delmore Photography.

BUILDER PROFILE: Ezio Tartaro
A visit with Ezio Tartaro, president of the Greater Windsor Homebuilders Association (GWHBA), and president of Gintar Contractors Ltd., specialists in maintenance-free and barrier-free construction.

Building Beyond Code
It used to be, if you wanted to build a ‘beyond code’ high performance home, your only option was R-2000. No longer: there are currently 10 new home label programs and two energy rating systems in Canada.




Technology at Work: Drain Water Heat Recovery
Simple, safe, proven, practical and affordable: more than 16,000 DWHR units have now been installed in Canadian homes.




TOOL TALK: On the Level
Jon Eakes provides an overview of the levelling field as it has developed to date, along with a list of the primary hi-tech players.