For the second year in a row, the Minto Group was honoured with the two top prizes at EnerQuality’s Awards of Excellence. Minto was named the 2012 Leader of the Year and Ontario Green Builder of the Year by EnerQuality, Canada’s foremost provider of green building services.
The awards were announced at the Village of Blue Mountain Conference Centre in Collingwood, Ont., as part of the 2013 Builder and Renovator Forum – the residential construction industry’s premier educational event organized by EnerQuality and the Ontario Home Builders’ Association (OHBA).
According to EnerQuality, the Green Builder of the Year award “recognizes the builder that raises the bar for the rest of the industry through its leadership in improving the environmental, energy efficiency and overall technical image of the industry.”
The Leader of the Year Award is given to an industry-nominated recipient that exhibits “commitment, advocacy and leadership in driving the growth of energy-efficient/green new housing in Ontario.”
In receiving these high honours, Minto was recognized for exceeding voluntary program technical certification requirements in new home construction, going “above and beyond” in marketing and sales programs to drive awareness, as well as effectively integrating green into its internal culture through a dedicated division of sustainability professionals, a body of green employee volunteers and company-wide initiatives.
EnerQuality was founded in 1998 as a partnership between the Canadian Energy Efficiency Alliance and the Ontario Home Builders’ Association. Its mission is to transform Ontario’s housing into the most energy-efficient and sustainable in the world.
Minto has a celebrated history of receiving Ontario green building accolades. In 2011, the company was named EnerQuality’s Leader of the Year and Green Builder of the Year. Minto also won the Ontario Home Builders’ Association Green Builder of the Year award in 2008, 2010 and 2011, before that particular award merged into EnerQuality’s Awards of Excellence program in 2012. In 2012, Minto was named the Ontario Home Builder of the Year by the OHBA.
“For decades, Minto has committed to delivering healthier, more efficient spaces that benefit our customers as well as the environment and we are truly honoured that, year after year, our industry peers continue to recognize that,” says Michael Waters, president of Minto Communities, Ontario.