We'd rather lose a job than oversell one. Hibby combines the most advanced measurement technology in HVAC — LiDAR scanning, thermal imaging, AI-driven load calculations — with the integrity the trades have largely forgotten. The right system, installed properly, by people who pick up the phone.
Sizing an HVAC system properly takes more than a tape measure and a square-footage calculator. Sun exposure, glazing performance, insulation quality, infiltration rates, and the thermal behaviour of every wall in your home all determine whether your system can hold temperature on the hottest day of the year. We measure all of it. Every time.
Every Hibby quote is built on the same proprietary measurement and calculation stack — engineered to remove the guesswork that costs Vancouver homeowners thousands of dollars in oversized, undersized, or wrongly specified systems.
Every room you want conditioned is scanned with Apple's LiDAR sensor. The scan captures exact dimensions, ceiling heights, window sizes, door placements, and wall orientations — accurate to within 2% of manual measurement.
Your home becomes a precise three-dimensional input to the calculation, not a sketch on graph paper.
Square footage tells you almost nothing about cooling load. A west-facing wall of single-pane glass behaves nothing like an insulated north wall, even with identical room dimensions.
We thermal-image the envelope of your home to map actual heat behaviour — uninsulated corners, leaky window frames, solar gain hotspots. The data feeds directly into the load calculation. This is the difference between a system that works in July and one that doesn't.
The scan data, thermal imagery, glazing specifications, infiltration rates, and Lower Mainland climate data flow into a full Manual J residential heat load calculation — the same engineering methodology HVAC consultants charge hundreds of dollars to perform.
Run automatically on every quote. Room by room. Zone by zone.
The calculated load is matched to specific units from Mitsubishi, Daikin, and Fujitsu — the only three brands we trust to last 20 years in coastal BC. You see the recommended model, why it fits, available alternatives at different efficiency tiers, and every BC and federal rebate you qualify for, calculated automatically.
The quote is itemized. The math is shown. Nothing is hidden.
Vancouver wasn't built for 35°C summers. The heat dome of 2021 killed 619 people in BC. Wildfire smoke now blankets the Lower Mainland for weeks at a time. Modern mini splits aren't a luxury — they're how you protect your family while using less energy than a hair dryer.
Your old window AC roared on, blasted cold air, then shut off until the room got hot again. Inverter mini splits don't work like that. The compressor smoothly modulates speed to hold your exact temperature — silently, continuously, and using up to 40% less energy than fixed-speed systems.
Multi-stage filtration captures particulates down to PM2.5, the size that wildfire smoke and traffic exhaust travel in. Built-in dehumidification stops coastal mugginess from breeding mould. Antimicrobial coatings keep the unit itself clean. Your indoor air becomes the cleanest in the house.
A heat pump mini split heats and cools from a single unit, delivering 3 to 4 units of energy for every unit of electricity used. Combined with BC's clean hydro grid and up to $11,000 in CleanBC rebates, most Hibby customers save thousands over the lifetime of the system.
Every step designed to respect your time. Most customers go from first scan to a fully installed system in 14 days.
Open the Hibby app, walk through each room, done. Most homes scan in under 10 minutes total.
Receive a complete itemized estimate within hours, with rebates pre-calculated.
30-minute site walk confirms electrical capacity and locks in equipment placement.
Clean, careful installation by certified technicians. Most jobs done in a single day.
We're not the cheapest contractor in town, and we're not the most expensive. We're the one that uses engineering data to tell you exactly what your home needs — no more, no less — and prices the work transparently. You'll see every line item, every rebate, and every alternative before you commit a dollar.
Mitsubishi, Daikin, or Fujitsu equipment. Manufacturer-certified installation. Full Manual J load calculation. Thermal imaging. Itemized quote with every rebate calculated. A system specced for your home, not the average home.
Off-brand equipment with two-year warranties. Square-footage guesses dressed up as engineering. Mystery line items. Oversized systems pushed for the commission. Undersized ones that fail on the day you need them.
Whether your project is feasible. What the rebates actually cover. Where you can save money without compromising performance. When a different solution would serve you better. We'd rather lose a job than oversell one.
Scan your home with your phone. Receive an itemized, engineering-grade quote in five minutes. No obligation, no pressure, no surprises.