54 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 10, ISSUE 10 “It lifts the whole industry,” he says, “so we try to not do just the minimum. We try to do a little bit above that, as far as energy efficiency goes.” Ensuring that a home is properly tight will help keep warm air in during the winter and cool air in during the summer. To that end, Homes by Managen has window packages that Beattie notes are far above the Canadian national standard. As well, the company is going green. More and more of its new homes come with solar panels or are at least solar-ready. McKenna adds that the company carries on its caring customer-centered approach, even long after the home is finished. “We continue with that relationship,” he says, “making sure that everything is 100 percent satisfied with the homeowner— with what we’ve accomplished together. cul-de-sac, with three bedrooms, a laundry room, four bathrooms, an upper-level bonus room, and a first-floor den/office that are all included in 3,147 square feet of luxury living space. Throw in some high-gloss kitchen cabinets; a mud room with built-in cabinets with high-gloss doors and a wood feature wall; and a stucco exterior so strong it’s resistant to those pesky woodpeckers; and you’ve a real showplace. Being small has its advantages, McKenna remarks. “Larger companies don’t deal well with changes,” he says, citing the bureaucratic red tape in which bigger homebuilders are apt to get lost, adding, “We have an open-door policy with our customers as well. They’re welcome to visit the site, as long as it’s safe to be there then.” Beattie discussed making homes energyefficient. The National Energy Code for Building sets guidelines for this.
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