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How to design and build high-performance apartment buildings at the lowest possible cost. Overview "A Pattern Language from Passive House" is an interactive workshop that teaches cost-effective planning and design of affordable, low-emission, mid-rise, multi-unit, wood-framed housing. This four-part workshop presents design problems common to multi-unit buildings, followed by solutions that have worked in previous … Continued

Online Delivery January 9 to March 23, 2020 Offered by BCIT, this 48-hour course  will provide a comprehensive study of Part 9 residential Zero Energy Buildings (ZEB's) to ensure that that builders, designers, consultants and tradespeople have the applied knowledge to build to the Upper Steps of the BC Energy Step Code, Net-Zero Energy-ready or … Continued

Free online webinar. The Township of Langley will be hosting an online builder forum to share information related to ventilation strategies and meeting the requirements of the BC Energy Step Code. This webinar will be presented by Focal Engineering. Focal was established in 2015 in beautiful British Columbia. Headquartered in Victoria, they provide engineering consulting … Continued

Online Delivery January 21 to March 18, 2021 Offered by BCIT, this 48-hour course will provide a comprehensive study of residential Passive House construction to ensure that that builders, site supervisors, general contractors, tradespeople, and designers or consultants have the applied knowledge to build to the Passive House standard. Students will learn from industry experts … Continued

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, … Continued