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Reducing costs for step code through design and planning
January 29, 2021 @ 4:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Course offered by Canadian Home Builders’ Association of British Columbia.
Offered January 29 and March 12, 2021.
About the webinar
This webinar will take a deeper dive into some of the BC Energy Step Code metrics and how to achieve them through design and building techniques to minimize extra cost. Using real world examples from local climates, we will examine why some designs fail where others pass easily. This session is geared towards building and design professionals. Instruction will assume a basic understanding of the BC Energy Step Code.
What you’ll learn
- Increase familiarity with performance-based Building Code compliance
- Demonstrate deeper understanding of the Energy Step Code metrics
- Understand practical design and construction techniques that will improve energy performance and lower costs
- Apply cost effective strategies to current and existing designs, and be able to articulate the benefits to clients or design professionals
Approved for 4 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points.
Instructors are Mark Bernhardt and Joe Hart.