A Vancouver based company is supporting the Village of Lytton and Lytton First Nations in their recovery and rebuilding efforts after the day that changed the small community along the Fraser and Thompson Rivers forever. With over a year having passed since the Lytton Creek Fire, multiple announcements are moving residents closer and closer to returning home.

Nexii Building Solutions, a climate-friendly construction company, announced it will rebuild the first two homes in the Lytton fire zone in collaboration with the Village of Lytton and Lytton First Nation. The low-carbon, fire resilient homes will be built using a proprietary material Nexii calls ‘nexiite,’ a move the company said will make the homes more fire resistant with less carbon output.

“Nexii’s non-flammable, low carbon products and innovative design create climate resilient buildings for communities vulnerable to fires. In close collaboration with the village of Lytton and the Lytton First Nation, we are proud to contribute to the rebuilding of this community with our green building solutions,” said Executive Vice President of Nexii Gregor Robertson.

The homes will be manufactured off-site at Nexii’s Squamish based production facility and later transported in Lytton for assembly. The company said this will cut production time in half, leaving ‘near-zero’ construction waste. Nexii said the design of the new homes will create a thermal envelope, regulating the temperature in the home and saving future heating and cooling costs for the homeowner.

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