Power of plastic: Alberta company builds affordable, energy-efficient home in record time

By Michael Franklin
CTV News Calgary
February 13, 2025
Category: Wood, Paper & Green Building
Region: Canada, Canada West

Faced with a housing crisis on Canada’s First Nations, an Alberta company has stepped up with an innovative, affordable solution that taps into some cutting-edge green initiatives at the same time. Ecoplast Solutions, based in Lloydminster, Alta., has been working with the Siksika First Nation to build homes in the community. …a three-bedroom bungalow being is set up in only two days. Ecoplast says the home, made of recycled plastic, uses 60 per cent less energy than conventional homes, provides a 24 per cent reduction on greenhouse gases and a 50 per cent savings on the homeowners’ energy bills. The company is doing it by prefabricating each part of the home ahead of time, then trucks all the parts to the location and assembles them on-site. Officials say the resulting buildings are more durable and avoid some of the common concerns that plague traditional homes like wood rot and mold.

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