Building Companies Share Healthier Homes Award

VAUGHAN, Ontario — Home-builder Empire Communities and ERTH360, which offers building solutions with a focus on health and sustainability, have been recognized with the Excellence in Healthier Homes Award from the Energy & Environmental Building Alliance (EEBA).

This award, presented during the EEBA High Performance Home Summit in Salt Lake City, Utah, earlier this month, highlights the companies’ collaborative efforts in advancing healthier living environments through innovative home-building, a press release from Empire said.

The partnership between Empire Communities and ERTH360 began in 2019 with a shared vision of enhancing residential construction by prioritizing the health and well-being of homeowners, the press release said. After more than five years of research and development, the collaboration yielded its first scalable solution, ERTH360 Air.

ERTH360 Air is an air filtration system designed to improve IAQ. Key features include applicability in new home construction, retrofitting options for existing homes, and the ability to filter particles as small as 0.3 microns.

“Empire and ERTH360 are dedicated to continually adding value through innovation and differentiation,” said Andrew Guido, Empire’s vice president of sustainability and innovation. “By incorporating health-focused innovations like ERTH360 Air, Empire is redefining what it means to build homes that support well-being, today and into the future.”