Sun Certified Builders Co-op

Built by the best to withstand the worst. ❤️

How do you mend a broken heart? With a deep energy retrofit. We can make it feel as comfy as it looks, call us today.

Snow schmo. Not saying we prefer it, but if you need to get the walls in, we do what we gotta do.

Extreme weather? No problem. When you build high performance, you build future performance. Contact us today about your big plans.

Happy holidays and belated solstice from all of us here on the Sun Certified Builders Co-Operative crew!
Yes, even though the sun is low, our certification is still valid 😂🌞

Even brand new multi unit buildings are not without their problems, and residents know. More importantly, the maintenance and utility bills know! Don't buy a sick building. Let us take care of the next few decades of costs 😉

Hi Donald! 👋

Its not fine!! 😤

We can help. Contact us for your deep energy retrofit quote today.

From a low angle, a photo of two men in hardhats, highvis clothing, and fall arrest gear on a roof, placing deep trusses over sealed plywood to prepare for insulating a roof.

When we say your whole home can be made fit for the climate, we mean your whole home. Your roof, walls, basement, windows and doors all contribute to how your environment feels!

A meme. Kermit looking out a rainy dark window with his hand on the glass, staring. Text reads: 'thinking about all the dollars I spent on heating and cooling the same place over and over.'

What if I told you your home could stay the same temperature all the time? Let's talk.

A woman in jeans and toolbelt standing up through a partially build roof giving a work-gloved thumbs up.

Hi Sparrow!! 👋

bracing for the nighttime sock wearers in the comments 😂

Meme, a pied cat open mouth yelling at an antique looking image of a barefooted person getting out of a metal framed bed. The text reads: 'Why is the floor always cold so cold getting out of bed I dont want to put my bare feet on the cold floor pls not my tootsies'.

When your home is snug, you are too ❤️
Never reach for socks first thing again. Contact us about your cozy home retrofit.

Two besuited men stand shoulder to shoulder, jointly holding an award and smiling. The award has a fine wooden base, and is a soapstone carving of a kayak by George Auksaq.

Thank you @manitobacoop !
The Cooperative Achievement award recognize(s) and honour(s) cooperative organizations in Manitoba that have implemented projects and ventures that embody the cooperative values and principles and that benefit cooperative members and their communities.

Pic credit @kl.grant

A meme. Top image, a yellow school bus driving along, labelled 'building lifetime carbon balance'. Bottom image, the bus is flung to the side being hit by a train labelled 'concrete'.

We think embodied carbon is a solvable problem! Net zero is not decades away, it's right now, right here in Winnipeg.
For more info: https://theconversation.com/embodied-carbon-why-truly-net-zero-buildings-could-still-be-decades-away-170401

In front of a forest of aspen trees in fall colour, Sean pokes his head up through the wooden rafters of a sunroom build in progress, smiling and wearing safety glasses.

The smell of fresh cut wood pairs well with fall colours and smiling faces!

Sean hard at work on a new build! We do it all: new builds, retrofits, and high efficiency heating and cooling ❤️

On a construction site, a man in a high vis vest and hardhat rests his hand on a suspended and hollow wall panel, lifted by chains and hovering over the floor deck of the build. Behind him, another man works crouched, with wood bracing for other wall panels and ladders beside him. Behind the scene is a blue sky, and lush green trees.

Graham bringing it in for a landing

Our wall panels are built with larsen trusses at the core, seen here from the side. We customize them to hold enough insulation to meet energy use targets, building the wall around them. This allows for flexibility and low waste that other walls just can't match.

Meme format. Top text reads: Other Builders: we wont bother with all that insulation, minimum code is fine. Below is an image of two grungy young dudes in a car, the driver with his arm on the window sill, with the text: Be a lot cooler if you did.

Literally! Insulation works passively to keep your home cool in summer, and warm in winter. Be prepared for everything Manitoba has to throw at you, contact us about your build today.

An orange truck is parked in front of a colourful building with a black crane arm partially extended to a wall panel being pushed out of an open garage door. The paved ground is shiny with water, and the sky is cloudy behind the trees in the background.

A blue truck with an orange crane arm sits to the left of a building in progress, holding aloft a wall panel with a window hole in the middle. The foreground is sandy, with tufts of grass, and aspen trees with thin white trunks and full canopies mark the background.

Prefabricated panelized construction is a snap when you have the right tools for the job 🏗️

An aerial shot of the NCL Salten, a container ship, that has run aground meters away from a quaint little cabin on the shore, surrounded by trees and green field. A meme, the text near the wee cabin reads 'Me, enjoying nature' as well as 'minding my business' and 'smelling the roses.' Near the container ship, the text reads 'Profit motive accelerating climate change.'

🫣 Ooh, a bug! 🐛

When you get tired of busting your hump for the CEOs and capitalists, come join a #WorkerCoop

A meme with two panels. At the top, an overlapping line graph charting the temperature during the change of season, with a rise in the middle corresponding to mid summer. The lower lines, in blue to green, represent earlier years. The higher lines, in yellow to red, represent more recent years. The bottom panel shows a Very Fancy Man with a little dog and a well dressed companion with makeup he is speaking to. The text reads 'Earth, so hot right now.'

We're just over the peak and heading into August. If your AC is on the brink and you're looking for a new path, contacts us for info on retrofits and ERVs

A man wearing a high vis vest, carpenters belt, work clothes, and a pink hard hat stabilizes a plywood clad wall unit. Two other workers stand behind him.

Walls going up!

A two panel meme. In the top panel, Lieutenant Geordi LaForge holds up a hand in a 'hold up' gesture, the text beside reads 'Taxing workers on their labour.' In the bottom panel, he points, tuned in, affirming, the text beside reads 'Taxing corporate carbon pollution and resource consumption.'

We know where the real value is 😏

#WorkerCoop #LabourRights

A wide shot of a construction site from the shade of cool green aspen trees. Four workers in high vis vests and hardhats consult at the near corner of an open floor deck. Behind them are wall sections clad with plywood, braced with two by fours, and another wall section floats to the right of the scene, suspended by a crane arm and showing the side with tyvek covering it. The tree branches and wild grasses frame the scene in green.

It's enough to blow your hair back seeing a building spring up in a matter of hours. Our prefab walls are built for quick installation without ever compromising on performance. This building, once complete, will use only 36 kilowatt hour per square meter annually to heat and cool. Love to see it!

Our newest case study comes to us from Manitoba's @suncertified.bsky.social . The Full Monty, an envelope-first, #netzero ready #deepretrofit guided by Passive House principles, cut the home's annual energy consumption by 70 per cent.

Read the case study here: buff.ly/UN37Nhu

A grey and white long haired cat carefully and attentively walking in the unfinished window box of a prefabricated wall unit.

The inspector is in! Shop cat Minou thinks these high performance walls are purrfect 😺

A cheerful bearded fellow in a bright orange lace safety vest!

Its SCBC's 13th year anniversary, and according to these charts, it's our lace and textiles anniversary?? Break out your doilies and come join us for a cold drink at the Forks today at 6pm!

Woops! Heres a better shot! Thanks Graham for your hard work helping set up the new shop!

Infographic, titled build information session. When - Tuesday June 24th, at 9:00 am. Where - 200-765 Main St or 100 Austin St North for GPS. What to bring - SIN number, resume. Program consists of safety certificates, cultural support, skills workshops, paid on the job training, employment support. Criteria - any barriers to employment, i. e. , past or present criminal justice involvement, on EIA, or lack of experience, 18 and older. Logo, shaped like a leaf with floral designs in blue.

Have you heard of @build_winnipeg training program? Get equipped for a job in the trades, and you might end up working with us!