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BUILDING RESILIENT COMMUNITIES

Sustainability Consulting

While focusing her energy today on thinkBright Homes, Meredith’s past consulting clients include local, regional and provincial governments, numerous non-profit organizations, and the private sector.

Major initiatives led by Meredith include:

Columbia Basin Water Smart: an innovative and successful six-year water conservation initiative in simultaneous collaboration with 26 communities in the Columbia Basin region.
Carbon Neutral Kootenays: a program to support local governments in the Kootenay to measure, report, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Climate Action Program: a three-year climate change action program engaging nearly 30 communities in southeastern BC.

Meredith has worked with nearly every community in the Columbia Basin Region, which has built her strong passion for water and place.

Meredith Hamstead

As a certified Environmental Professional (EP), Meredith specializes in Environmental Communications and Public Awareness, and Environmental Policy and Legislation.

Through the diversity of her career experience, Meredith has developed a unique skill set that allows her to effectively “translate” complex technical information and data into meaningful, solutions-oriented language that results in positive sustainability outcomes.

Meredith has worked, played, and loved life in the East Kootenay for over 20 years. With passion for a bright future, she has dedicated her career to the pursuit of sustainability solutions that meet that needs of the small but rapidly changing communities and organizations in our Region.

Meredith has led collaborative innovations with a diverse range of professionals to deliver field-leading projects in:

Water conservation
Green building
Environmental communications & education
Climate change adaptation & mitigation
Sustainable land use
Sustainable community development
Strategic planning for local governments and boards of directors

Professionally Certified Leadership

Building resilient homes and communities is not just a passion – for over 20 years we have maintained field-leading certifications that demonstrate our environmental and climate leadership.

As long-standing homebuilders in Invermere, our reputation is built on integrity, innovation, and certified quality.

Quality is serious business for our ownership team. No matter your budget, our standard is high standard.

NEW HOME WARRANTY CERTIFIED

Peace of Mind. Every new thinkBright home is protected by Travelers Canada 2-5-10 year warranty.

Find out more: Travelers New Home Warranty

PROVEN ENERGY EFFICIENCY

BC’s new residential Energy Step Code is transforming the way homes are built in BC, and thinkBright is leading the way. We deliver 3rd party certified energy efficiency of up to 80%, while staying within your building budget.

CANADIAN HOMEBUILDERS ASSOCIATION

We are a proud member of the Central Interior chapter of the CHBA.

We are a member of the National Emissions and Resilience Working Group to establish an ultra-low carbon certification for new homes.

AWARD WINNING HOMES

thinkBright’s Homes are recognized as leaders by the Canadian Home Builder’s Association Central Interior and Provincial chapters.

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QUALITY RENOVATIONS

thinkBright Homes is a provincial and federal rebate-eligible retrofit contractor. Find us here at the Contractor Network and here through CleanBC. We also maintain registration in CHBA’s RenoMark Program, a mark of excellence for renovators in Canada. Find out more here.

CERTIFIED ENVIRONMENT PROFESSIONAL

thinkBright Homes’ CEO is a certified Environmental Practitioner through EcoCanada.

For over 20 years, she has maintained EP certification in environmental policy and, legislation, and communication and public awareness.

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