Why Choose BuildMax™?

  • Dedicated & Personal Service: We strive to be a part of your team focused on your goals

  • Tailored Solutions: Our customized solutions provide more cost effective compliance while boosting performance, efficiency, marketability, and buyer affordability

  • Professional Engineers on Staff: Our licensed engineers ensure your project adheres to the highest standards of accuracy, innovation, and compliance.

  • Decades of Expertise: With over 30 years in the industry, our team of recognized engineers bring unmatched technical and regulatory knowledge.

  • National Reach: Serving projects across Canada with a proven track record of success.

  • Expert Compliance: We specialize in helping builders exceed Ontario’s SB-12 Energy Code and other regional standards with precision.

BuildMax simplifies energy upgrades, offering a comprehensive service to builders who want to focus on creating high-quality, sustainable homes.

We take care of the complexities so you can focus on what matters most.

Core Services

We provide a range of cutting-edge engineering design services for HVAC, hydronic systems, ventilation, and more. With a focus on energy efficiency and comfort, our designs are tailored to meet the specific needs of each project, ensuring optimal performance and cost savings.

  • Why the Performance Path Outperforms Traditional Methods

    • Cost Efficiency and Incentives: Lower your costs with government-backed energy incentives, and reduce material and construction expenses through efficient design.

    • Enhanced Comfort and Sustainability: Optimize energy performance for a more comfortable, energy-efficient, and sustainable building.

    • Streamlined Documentation and Faster Approvals: Enjoy simplified compliance processes and quicker project approvals.

    • Flexibility in Design and Materials: Achieve energy goals while allowing flexible design choices and tailored materials to meet your project’s needs.n

  • We provide a hassle free pathway to certification. A builder option package and related cost cutting strategies is part of our consulting service.

    Benefits include higher performance, added comfort and enhanced financing options. All of which make you more competitive.

    The site receives a Energy Star certificate label that you and your customer can be proud of for decades to come.

  • We provide a hassle free pathway to certification. Benefits include higher performance, added comfort and enhanced financing options. All of which make you more competitive.

  • We utilize modern equipment to test and diagnose the building envelope to identify potential issues.

    Benefits include:

    • Energy efficiency: Reducing energy consumption by sealing air leaks 

    • Comfort: Improving thermal comfort and avoiding drafts 

    • Indoor air quality: Controlling outdoor contaminants, pests, and odors 

    • Equipment sizing: Determining the proper size and airflow requirements for heating and cooling equipment 

    • Mechanical ventilation: Determining if mechanical ventilation is needed to maintain indoor air quality 

    • Preventing problems: Preventing unwanted home problems like humidity, mold, allergies, and pest intrusion 

    Benefits of mid-construction blower door testing include: 

    • Identifying leaks: Showing builders where air leaks are so they can be sealed before the work covers them up 

    • Addressing problem areas: Allowing contractors to address problem areas while construction is still underway 

    • Ensuring goals are met: Ensuring that air tightness goals are on track

  • Using infrared thermography, we can identify areas of heat loss and moisture intrusion in your building, providing valuable insight into energy efficiency. This non-invasive method, paired with blower door tests, helps us pinpoint air leakage and insulation gaps, providing solutions for better building performance.

  • Our HVAC design modeling services leverage the latest software to ensure precise and comfort-focused designs. We calculate the correct load and duct/pipe sizes to ensure your system delivers the right amount of heating or cooling exactly where it’s needed, minimizing energy use and maximizing comfort.

    Proper HVAC design is critical for both efficiency and comfort. Many traditional systems are designed without taking key features into consideration, but we ensure that every detail, from airflow rates to insulation levels, is accounted for, delivering superior performance.

  • Our ventilation designs incorporate energy recovery systems and economizers to ensure energy savings and optimal airflow. We customize each system to meet the specific needs of your project while lowering operational costs.

  • Using detailed heat gain/loss calculations, we design ducted forced-air systems to ensure precise heating and cooling in every space. By properly sizing your system, we help avoid the common problem of oversized equipment and unnecessary ductwork, ensuring quiet operation and energy efficiency.

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  • Correct commissioning is key to ensuring that your system performs as designed. Our experts rigorously test and adjust installed equipment to align with manufacturer specifications and design intent, preventing common issues like leaky ductwork and inefficient operation.

  • Using our software tools, we can forecast energy consumption for residential projects, ensuring compliance with energy regulations and helping optimize designs for energy savings. This modeling includes everything from thermal resistance to passive solar heating opportunities, ensuring your project meets energy efficiency goals.

Why Us?

  • Next Level Consulting provides comprehensive support including energy assessments, guidance on best practices, and assistance with the certification process to ensure your projects meet the highest energy efficiency standards.

  • These certifications not only enhance the marketability of your projects but also ensure compliance with regulatory standards, improve energy efficiency, reduce environmental impact, and increase the overall value of the properties.

  • Next Level Consulting is a trusted energy efficiency consultancy based in Toronto, providing expert energy assessments, certifications, and consulting services for residential, commercial, and builder clients. We pride ourselves on our 4.9/5 rating based on 160+ Google reviews.

  • We offer comprehensive energy assessments, EnerGuide, Energy Star, and Net Zero certifications, energy efficiency consulting, grant and loan application assistance, and contractor discovery services for homeowners, builders, and commercial properties.