All resources
This website offers a range of information, tools and resources to help you understand and apply the BC Energy Step Code, both in your community and to your projects.
Here’s an A to Z list of what’s available.
- About: How the Step Code works
- Adoption by local governments
- Find out which local governments are consulting on or have adopted the Step Code in their communities
- Benefits and trade-offs
- Builder guides and handbooks
- Builder and design guides, thermal bridging guide, airtightness guide and more
- Bulletins
- Learn about home energy labelling and link to technical bulletins about the Step Code
- Case studies
- Learn how and why builders are using the Step Code across B.C.
- Code and compliance tools
- BC Energy Step Code requirements
- Provides Code requirements for the Step Code, Code convenience copies, and the City of Vancouver Energy Modelling Guidelines
- Compliance tools for Part 3 buildings
- Links to the Part 3 Energy Design Report that can be used to verify compliance with the BC Energy Step Code
- Compliance tools for Part 9 buildings
- Links to the Part 9 BC Energy Compliance Reports and the mid-construction verification report
- BC Energy Step Code requirements
- Energy advisors
- Explains what energy advisors do and how to find one for your Part 9 building project
- Also links to the Step Code compliance competency framework for energy advisors and energy modellers
- Explains what energy advisors do and how to find one for your Part 9 building project
- Energy modelling
- Find AIBC-EGBC’s professional practice guidelines for the provision of whole building energy modelling services
- Events calendar
- Lists upcoming workshops, courses, conferences and other learning opportunities
- Implementation tools
- These include a Step Code brochure, PPT presentations and the Step Code brand handbook, plus the Building a Legacy Toolkit developed by the Community Energy Association
- Incentive programs
- Financial incentive programs and other assistance available when building or renovating residential and commercial construction projects
- Industry resources
- Learn about the Local Energy Efficiency Partnerships program and LEED’s alternative compliance pathway for Step Code buildings
- Local government resources
- Access the local government best practices guide, building officials’ handbook, provincial policy guide and the local government notification forms
- Northern and rural resources
- Support for northern and rural communities to adopt the Step Code in their communities, and for builders and trades, too
- Reports
- Offers a range of technical and other reports about the BC Energy Step Code and related topics
- Sign up for the email newsletter
- Training opportunities
- Links to just some of the organizations and training institutions developing programs and courses to teach the skills and strategies needed to build more energy-efficient buildings
- Videos
You can also learn more about:
- This site and the Energy Step Code Council
- History of the Step Code
- Awards we’ve won
- How to contact us
Page last updated: July 29, 2021.