We’re heading full force into summer, and for many of us, our idea of a great summer starts with a great backyard. But more than just a place to have some drinks, enjoy time with the kids and friends, it’s important that your backyard works for you—by that I mean it helps protect your home and save you money.

Showing you some shots of an extensive renovation by RDC Fine Homes Inc. Check out the beautiful view.
For this project, the top two floors were removed but all the bottom floor framing and all the concrete was saved. The new structure was panelized in a panel shop in Whistler (British Columbia).
They used NRCan's (Natural Resources Canada) new embodied carbon calculator to see what sort of carbon emissions they have saved by using the bottom floor framing and concrete.