Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In our new episode of our Chasing Net Zero series Kyle Newman and Stratton Homes build net zero ready homes as a minimum standard.
Kyle's traces his journey to net zero back to an environmental class in high school and conversations around the dinner table with his father about building alternative super energy efficient homes such as straw bale.
He loved the idea of passive house and even straw bale homes, but he wanted to find a scalable and affordable solution to build every home to net zero.
So he followed Martin Holladay's "Pretty Good House" philosophy, searching out only the energy efficiency solutions that offered the best bang for the buck.
The rest is history. This is Kyle's story and this is why Stratton Homes is now among an elite group of builders in Canada building to a minimun net zero ready standard.
The winners are consumers.
Be sure to subscribe to the Chasing Net Zero series so you don't miss a single story - this is the future of housing.
Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
00:50 - “I was born with a hammer in my hand”
01:44 - Greenhouse gas emissions - something I can take action on
02:10 - What’s needed is affordable and scalable net zero
02:39 - As energy efficient as I could afford
03:13 - Martin Holladay - Mentor of Pretty Good House movement
03:54 - Cost effective energy efficiency exceeds expectations
04:13 - Passive house too expensive?
04:40 - Kyle’s version of the pretty good house - very good!
04:56 - Kyle’s pretty good home just about net zero
05:26 - CHBA Net Zero captured Kyle’s goals
06:16 - Net Zero Ready now minimun standard he builds to
07:11 - Net Zero too expensive - NOT
07:39 - Kristin Newman on customer perceptions of net zero
08:29 - Cost savings top benefit of net zero - customers
08:46 - Affordable Net Zero is the holy grail in any market
09:00 - This is Chasing Net Zero EXTRO
🟢 BLOG: greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/441-one-with-nature-kyle-newmans-journey-to-net-zero-in-the-muskoka-region
❤️ CHASING NET ZERO SERIES: youtube.com/watch?v=jWv4mrfmHpg
In our new episode of our Chasing Net Zero series Kyle Newman and Stratton Homes build net zero ready homes as a minimum standard.
Kyle's traces his journey to net zero back to an environmental class in high school and conversations around the dinner table with his father about building alternative super energy efficient homes such as straw bale.
He loved the idea of passive house and even straw bale homes, but he wanted to find a scalable and affordable solution to build every home to net zero.
So he followed Martin Holladay's "Pretty Good House" philosophy, searching out only the energy efficiency solutions that offered the best bang for the buck.
The rest is history. This is Kyle's story and this is why Stratton Homes is now among an elite group of builders in Canada building to a minimun net zero ready standard.
The winners are consumers.
Be sure to subscribe to the Chasing Net Zero series so you don't miss a single story - this is the future of housing.
Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
00:50 - “I was born with a hammer in my hand”
01:44 - Greenhouse gas emissions - something I can take action on
02:10 - What’s needed is affordable and scalable net zero
02:39 - As energy efficient as I could afford
03:13 - Martin Holladay - Mentor of Pretty Good House movement
03:54 - Cost effective energy efficiency exceeds expectations
04:13 - Passive house too expensive?
04:40 - Kyle’s version of the pretty good house - very good!
04:56 - Kyle’s pretty good home just about net zero
05:26 - CHBA Net Zero captured Kyle’s goals
06:16 - Net Zero Ready now minimun standard he builds to
07:11 - Net Zero too expensive - NOT
07:39 - Kristin Newman on customer perceptions of net zero
08:29 - Cost savings top benefit of net zero - customers
08:46 - Affordable Net Zero is the holy grail in any market
09:00 - This is Chasing Net Zero EXTRO
🟢 BLOG: greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/441-one-with-nature-kyle-newmans-journey-to-net-zero-in-the-muskoka-region
❤️ CHASING NET ZERO SERIES: youtube.com/watch?v=jWv4mrfmHpg
