Welcome to the Wilden Living Lab,
A Pioneering Initiative for Sustainable Homebuilding.

In this research and learning project Wilden partners with UBC, Okanagan College, AuthenTech Homes, Fortis BC and NSERC*. Two homes were built to different standards and with different components. In Spring 2017 families moved into the homes and the energy efficiency of the various innovations is now being monitored over three years.

*Natural Science and Engineering Research Counsil of Canada

The Home of Today is built to current code requirements.

Therefore the equipment and construction is of a standard nature, in order to give a baseline comparison to the Home of Tomorrow.

The Home of Tomorrow exceeds the current building code and uses renewable energy sources.

This home is meant to raise the bar in energy efficiency and demonstrate possibilities of minimizing carbon emissions and the consumption of electricity while staying within an affordable budget.

The Wilden Living Lab is based on the cooperation of six partners:

The partners of the Wilden Living Lab
would like to thank the following companies for their generous support: