Man­dala Homes builds B.C.’s first Energy Star qual­i­fied home

Man­dala Homes has set a new prece­dent for green home building.(article Vancouver Sun, May 2012)Energy Star qual­i­fied new homes are designed to be approx­i­mately 25 per cent more energy…


Mandala Custom Homes sustainable, energy-efficient healthy home

Energy-Efficient Homes Less Likely To Default

Pacific Insti­tute for Cli­mate Solu­tions reveals good news about mak­ing the choice to build an Energy-Efficient Man­dala Home PICS reports: “The risk of default­ing on a mort­gage is 32% lower for…


Snug Mandala Home

“Efficient house design is based on the natural energies coming into the system (sun, wind,rain) on surrounding vegetation, and on commonsense building practices.” Bill Mollison   South…


Nelson ENERGY STAR Mandala featured by Yellow Blue Designs

The province of British Colum­bia can now boast that it has its first ENERGY STAR Qual­i­fied home, located in Nel­son, BC. Mag­no­lia 2300 (as it has been named) is the home of the own­ers of…


Nelson Star Feature Article

Nelson’s Man­dala hits Energy Star mark


Treehugger Magazine writes about Mandala Homes

B.C.‘s First Energy Star Qual­i­fied Home is a Beauty……


5 Important Questions To Ask When Choosing A Site For Your New Home

Choos­ing where to place your new home on your prop­erty is a big deci­sion that impacts your fam­ily, the earth and your finances. For years the trend has been to site homes for view or “curb…


Outdoor Rooms

Some home­own­ers want to stop design­ing their new home at the edge of the front door. We like to encour­age the under­stand­ing and use of out­door rooms in the design of a home,  because we know…


Green Home Solutions

Our homes should be our safe sanc­tu­ar­ies. They should nur­ture our well being on all lev­els. But the mod­ern home often does not. Increas­ing num­bers of peo­ple are devel­op­ing ill­nesses like…