You build the home.
We handle the compliance.
Send your drawings. Apollo handles the energy model, BC Energy Step Code compliance reports, and blower door testing — right through to the as-built report your city needs to issue occupancy. One registered advisor, start to finish.
Drawings review + energy model
HOT2000 energy model from your drawings and pre-construction BC Energy Compliance Report for permit submission. F280-12 heat loss calculations and TECA ventilation checklist support are available as permit-stage add-ons where needed.
Mid-construction check
We pressurize the home, find leaks, and work with the builder, site team, or insulator while they seal the gaps during the test. Airtightness improves as measured air leakage drops in real time.
Final test + occupancy package
Final airtightness test per CGSB-149.10, as-built BC Energy Compliance Report, and NRCan EnerGuide label. Required mechanical or ventilation documentation is carried into the closeout file.
The only moment the air barrier is both built and visible. We catch the leaks here, so the final test doesn't catch you.
1–2 hrs on site. Required in Penticton, useful anywhere the air barrier is still visible. Results before we leave the driveway.
Under positive pressure, air pushes outward through every unsealed joint. We walk it with you and mark each one — penetrations, top plates, rough openings, membrane joins. No guesswork.
The builder, a site lead, or the insulator is often there with sealant or tape while the blower door is running. I find the leaks, they seal them, and everyone watches measured air leakage drop in real time.
By the time the certifying blower-door runs at occupancy, we already know how the envelope performs. The final test confirms — it doesn't introduce surprises.
Get a quote.
Send the drawings and project basics.
Email a PDF drawing set or share a drive link, plus the project contact, municipality, and schedule. Apollo quotes the base compliance package and applicable add-ons - F280, TECA ventilation checklist support, optional HRV/ERV support only if selected, and mid-construction testing - broken down by stage, within one business day.
Attach drawings or paste a drive link. Apollo invoices in stages as each phase is completed — permit package, mid-construction, and occupancy — so you're only paying for work as it's delivered.
PDF drawing set or share link
Project address and municipality
Builder, designer, or owner contact
Current stage and target timeline
Any AHJ requirements or add-ons needed, such as F280 or TECA
Staged delivery. Base package and add-ons.
The compliance base covers HOT2000 modelling, Step Code reports, EnerGuide labelling, and final airtightness. F280, TECA ventilation checklist support, and mid-construction testing are quoted as add-ons depending on the project and AHJ requirements.
Answers for permit-stage builders.
Not generic retrofit audits.
These are the questions that usually come up before a Part 9 new-construction file goes to the AHJ: when to bring in an energy advisor, what the EnerGuide label requires, what the mid-construction test catches, and what Apollo needs to quote the file.
How early should a builder bring in an energy advisor?
Before permit submission. Apollo can review drawings, build the HOT2000 model, complete CSA F280 calculations, and prepare the Step Code pre-construction package before the building permit file goes to the AHJ.
Do I need a mid-construction blower-door test?
In Penticton, mid-construction documentation is part of the Green Build / Step Code workflow. On any new build, the test is most useful while the air barrier is still visible and leaks are still repairable.
What should I send to get a quote?
Send drawings, project address, municipality, builder contact, and target schedule. Include known F280, TECA ventilation checklist, or other AHJ documentation requirements. Apollo returns a quote broken down by stage - permit, mid-construction, and occupancy - within one business day.
Does the base package include the EnerGuide label?
Yes. The EnerGuide label is issued by Apollo as the NRCan Registered Energy Advisor who files the as-built evaluation. The HOT2000 model built at permit becomes the EnerGuide pre-construction model, and the final blower-door result feeds the as-built rating. The label is part of the occupancy package at no additional cost beyond the base scope.
Conventional sealing, done right, reaches Step 4.
The result on the right is real: 0.8 ACH @ 50 Pa — Step 4 — with no aerosol sealing products. The number comes from detailing the air barrier while it is still visible and testing it before drywall covers the work.
AeroBarrier and Aeroseal have a place when conventional access is limited — typically after finishes are in. On new construction, the better opportunity is earlier: mid-construction blower-door, find the leaks, fix them with the assembly open, let the final test confirm the result.
Based in Penticton. Serving the full Okanagan-Similkameen.
From the south hub I'm a comfortable drive to every active build between Vernon and Osoyoos, and west to Keremeos and Princeton. Site visits get scheduled around your framing calendar, not the other way around — and there's no "outside our zone" surcharge.
Apollo is Jesse Cummings, NRCan Registered Energy Advisor.
You email me, you get me. I review your drawings, run the blower-door, coordinate the permit and closeout documentation, and file the as-built. No junior tester showing up first, no email routed to someone who doesn't know the project.
