SUSTAINABLE

Whether it’s a quaint ski cottage near Stowe, a net-zero energy getaway above Warren Village, or a 12,000 square-foot mansion on Lake Champlain, Red House Building has been delivering comfortable and sustainable homes that suit the Vermont lifestyle for roughly three decades.

“We work a pretty broad range in terms of scale of project, budget, and architectural styles,” said Chris Quinn, a general manager for the company.

Over the years, Red House Building has won praise not only for its craftsmanship, but for its unique way of doing business. In 2003 the company restructured and it is now entirely employee-owned.

“We created a model where employees that work for us for three years or longer can buy in and have an ownership stake in the company,” said Dunbar Oehmig, the company’s founder and general manager. “This business model is hard to come by in the building industry.”

Red House Building currently has 57 people on sta and, according to its website, more than half hold ownership shares in the company.

Red House Building has done a handful of restoration projects and worked on some boutique commercial properties here and there, but the company’s main focus is building custom, new-construction homes that emphasi e energy efficiency.

“I often say that we build high-end by Vermont standards,” Chris said, noting that that tends to look very di erent from what