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spite the economic climate, the company had
been growing at a rate of about 20 percent an-
nually and had also restructured to bring on a
partner with significant depth and complemen-
tary resources. Today, the business that began
with less than 15 people now employs closer
to 50 and revenue has increased five-fold.
Most of the work Cascadia does is concentrat-
ed in the commercial and institutional sectors,
including schools and hospitals, but they’ve
also been contracted to supply windows and
doors in high-end custom homes. The com-
pany’s photo gallery at
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com offers a stunning look at their range of
work, from multi-million-dollar homes with
spectacular views to multi-storey commercial
buildings, innovative institutional designs and
renovation work, like the Mark O. Hatfield Pres-
ervation Project in Portland, Oregon.
They also supplied windows for the first
net zero home built on North America’s West
coast. The Harmony House in Burnaby, British
Columbia produces as much energy as it con-
sumes through the use of renewable energy
technologies and energy conservation strate-
gies like its triple-glazed Cascadia Windows.
“Not only are our windows exceptional from
a thermal resistance standpoint, they’re also
exceptional from a water penetration resis-
tance standpoint,” Battistel said. “We have an
in-house testing facility, testing about 10 per-
