Built Green Canada, together with title co‑sponsors Jayman BUILT and SkyFire Energy, announced the recipients of this year’s Maverick Awards, celebrating standout leadership in sustainable homebuilding across the country. Submissions spanned from British Columbia to Ontario, with winners recognized in three main categories: Ambassadorship, Innovation, and Transformation.

Ambassador Maverick Award (two-way tie)

Effect Home Builders and Excel Homes shared this year’s Ambassadorship honour. Effect Home Builders is recognized for its long‑standing leadership in sustainable building systems, industry mentorship, and advocacy. Excel Homes, one of Built Green’s original builders with more than 7,000 certifications, is celebrated for its sustained commitment to certification, education, and raising industry expectations.

Innovation Maverick Award

Vancouver-based Carbon Wise earned the Innovation award for its leadership in decarbonizing the built environment. The women‑led organization advances low‑carbon construction through case studies, builder training, policy collaboration, and support for BUILT GREEN projects.

Transformational Maverick Award

Best Builders received the Transformation award for the Phoenix House rebuild in Abbotsford, B.C.—Canada’s first Zero Carbon certified, BUILT GREEN Net Zero Energy Ready+ home. The project sets a new benchmark for resilient, low‑carbon, multi‑generational renovations.

Built Green Canada CEO Jenifer Christenson praised the winners as “luminaries in the built environment,” noting the creativity and leadership they bring to diverse climatic regions across the country.

Rather than a gala, the Maverick Awards are supported through a year‑long marketing and communications initiative that amplifies the winners’ achievements and advances Built Green’s mission to accelerate sustainability in Canada’s housing sector.

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