News

Collage of alternative building awards and news articles
  • 100 Year Old Home of the Future in SABMag!

    August 17, 2020

    A century old home of the future! We carefully detailed this deftly redesigned (Solares Architecture) historic home such that it is now (with photovoltaics and an air source heat pump

  • Ben Polley Featured in Canadian Contractor Magazine

    May 27, 2020

    Our own Ben Polley is interviewed in Canadian Contractor Magazine for his reaction and comment on COVID impacts. He notes privately that their file photo needs updating. The claim is

  • Evolve’s Field Staff Return!

    May 27, 2020

    Active Projects and Upcoming Work Over the past few weeks we have returned to our active projects, we have updated our site safety precautions and we are working to complete

  • Evolve Builders Covid-19 Update

    March 24, 2020

    Update on Essential Business Operations As you may by now know, the province has now included residential construction as an “essential” service. It seems that they are playing rather loosely

  • Office Working Remotely

    March 23, 2020

    Evolve Business Continues from Home Hello all, The COVID sands keeps shifting as quickly as we can prepare new plans to keep our clients and our team safe and projects

  • Construction Precautions During Covid-19

    March 18, 2020

    Evolve Builders Site Protocols Updated Information, recommendations and requirements regarding the COVID-19 outbreak continue to evolve. As you might expect, Evolve Builders Group is taking proactive steps to address the

  • Passive Buildings Canada – “Boots on the Ground” Kitchener

    March 4, 2020

    Missed the Passive Buildings Canada event in Kitchener this past January? Couldn’t scrounge a ticket to this sold out gathering? You are in luck! Here is our Ben Polley and

  • Evolve-Built Passive House Featured in New E-Book

    July 8, 2019

    Read About Wild Leek Farm — one of Evolve’s Passive House (Passiv Haus) Buildings — in Passive House Canada: Transforming How We Build Evolve Builders has been focusing on further

  • Globe and Mail Article featuring Guelph Energy Retrofit

    February 13, 2019

    Dave Leblanc of the Architourist takes a deeper look into the Guelph Deep Energy Retrofit with Solares Architecture completed in 2017. He interviews Ben and they discuss the types of