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Sponsored by UDI For developers, companies and consultants involved in the planning, design and construction of buildings, Passive House will be leading the industry energy standard in Vancouver's imminent future, setting building performance standards high. The City of Vancouver has also set a target for all new buildings to have zero annual greenhouse gas emissions … Continued
Sponsored by AIBC Passive House is rapidly becoming mainstream lexicon for design professionals. With the implementation of the BC Energy Step Code and Vancouver’s Zero Emission Building Plan, it is no wonder that Passive House has been gaining a lot of attention in this city. While the Passive House standard started with single-family homes, it … Continued
Learn to build homes to a higher energy standard using cost-effective, applied best practices. This province-wide training series is designed to support builders, designers, building officials and others working in residential construction in meeting BC Energy Step Code requirements that came into effect on December 15, 2017 (as per Section 5 of the Building Act). … Continued
Please join us as we discuss passive house high rises at our upcoming passive house social. We are very lucky to have Monte Paulsen, RDH, Lois Arena, Steven Winter Associates and Brandon Nicholson, NK Architects speak at our event. Although this is more of informal discussion, a lot of insights and experiences will be shared. … Continued