Page 8. WNtbhs F»r..Pea Wednesday, January 24,1996 whitbe, esie Excellence in housing A4nother award for Kassinger Birthday detonation AS PART of the celebration of its 1 Oth anniversary, the Thickson Road South branch of Canada Trust recently donated funds to Denise Hiouse, the chaiy of choice" of WhiIby Mayor Tom Edwards (shown at right) who was invited to attend ' te Jan. 16 oelebration. At Ieft Is branch manager Joy McDonald, shown with Diana DeCoste., case worker for Denise House, the shelter for abused women. Photo by Jeemy Dresar, Whltby Free Presu Chanbe:I With the release of the Golden Report, a new chapter fa opened for the Greater Toronto Aiea, and thinge ln the future will appear fudamentally different than they aenow, says Whitby Chamber of Commerce president Allan Faux. 110Hut t.(naroE, Aj 3160 U TC SteeAv.E. a odND) aka A 2 Ca tES (ta v S)To o o "4Wéev, bd dribs and drabe from the report for the. last few weeks, and, of course,1 we've read commenta from th'pliicans. "For us, ; owr , usreport demonstrates on. thlng - leadership,"-said Faux. "It is the. viw of the. Wiitby chamber that the Golden Report offers the. first step in, a move towards enhandinathe. wav we are A local builder has been recognized as the. top R-2000 builder in the. province in thi. -production/tract category. Kassinger Buiît Homes of Oshawa was awarded the 'teclinical excellence in housing' award at the. recent meeting of the Ontario Home Buildere' Association. This in the. first year the award waa preeented and was initiated to recognize leading edge builders for their building siils and teclinical advancement. Dozena of entries from around -the. province were submitted and judged by a panel of housing experts. T7he judge's selections were based upon actual testing of the homes for air tightness, insulation value and energy efficiency as well as environmental responsibility and indoor'air quality. Other considerations included thi. use of advanced technological producta such as the, heating and ventilation system.' Additional awards were presented for custom 'leadership governed municipally, and strives to avoid unneoessary duplication of service," he said. "The. Whitby Chamber of Commerce looks forward te, reviewing the - document in its entirety as there appeare to b. aresas with whlch w, may diagre. and have .-concerna1 witii implementation," says chamber m.mber Lvnn Wood. homes in two Isz. categories. "W. bave been honoured witii a nu mber of provincial awards M«' recent years, but this on. is very special because it recognizes our technical abilities and our leading position amongst our peers." says Stephen Kassinger, presi dent of Kassinger Construction. "W. take our business very seriously and take immense pride in our craft. This underscores the. fact that we are professional builders, not marketers. "While other builders focus more on advertising and marketing, we put our energies into our product. W. can state ýunequivocally that we build the. best houe available to the. public today," sBays Kassinger. The Kassinger home that won the award was also honoured recently by CMHC as on. cf the. Provincial winners in its Healtiiy Housing competition. wt was a standard production There were 704 new homes .old mn. December in the Greater Toronto Ares, to bring 1995 new home sales te 12,848 unit., a 24 per cent decrease compared wlth 1994., "While we are not happy with the. fall-offin total new home sales, we know the'reasoqlîs wiy, and many of the factors bhind the. decrease are quite different today,"f says' Myer Godfey of the.Qreater Toronto Hoe Builders' Association. 'The relatvely strong, housing market in 1994 had a lot te do with' record low interest ratas- prevauhing during the. fret haîf cf that year. "Tii. fret haîf of 1995 was characterized, by higier, rates,, wile today's interest rates are back te tthe levels bit-in -early 1994," Godfrey says. "In addition te falling interest rates, positive housmng policies emanatlng from the. provincial government and a better overal climate for consumir confidence are the key factors. whicii will, contribute te an improv.d new housingnmarket for 1996," he says. "Based. on these factors, the GTHBA ia Droiectinga a 15 per cent home specially tailored to the. needa of a client confined to a wheelchar. The home incorporates special insulation and oealing techniques and, utilizes an* advanced iieating system. Tiié system combines the. hot wat.r heater and furnace into on. compact and higbly efficient unit. It is conn.cted to a sophisicated heat exchanger and ventilation unit called an "ener-gy recovery ventilator* that provides a constant supply of freali air and controlled humidity. The ventilation systeni is controlled by a sensor unit.that is able to d.tect a number of indoor pollutants sucii as cigarette amoke and carbon monozide, and switches to bigh speed to dean the. air. In the past two years, the. Kassinger organization has also won the. 'best R-2000 home of the year,' and sales and marketing '95 new- home sales drop increase in new home sales in 1996." Godfrey says the condominium markoet has rébound.d quit. nicely in the. last two yeaverging 35 per cent of total ne o.sles, well abov-e tiiê long-terni average. Condominium sales are .xpect.d ta continue at tiese levels -ini 1996, refl.cting the. diverse nmarkets belgserved by tuis sector rang:" from firat-timé ;buyers té> sn0ô1 and empty nestere. The.-top three municipalities i terma of -total annual sales were Mississauga (2,006),. Brampton (1,212) and- Markhani (1,098> respectively. Whitby h ad 363 sales. 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