Join in-person or by webinar. Description Part 9 residential construction is evolving and the Building Envelope Guide for Houses has now been updated to reflect many new and expanded industry methods. This includes proven techniques and high-performance assemblies that support advances in energy efficiency and seismic provisions. A new section also explores Insulated Concrete Form … Continued

Description Join BC Housing at a Building Smart event focussed on airtightness testing diagnosis and remediation. Attend in person at Brix Studio, 102-211 Columbia Street, Vancouver, or participate by webinar. Applicable to both Part 9 and Part 3 buildings, this webinar will discuss diagnostic methods in detail, such as infrared thermography and smoke tracer testing, … Continued

Code Changes What’s New? Changes to the 2018 BC Building Code are coming and will be effective December 12, 2019. Join BC Housing and team members from the Building and Safety Standards Branch to learn more. This workshop will cover new code requirements for: BC Energy Step Code Encapsulated mass timber construction Secondary suites Roof-top … Continued

Course offered by BC Housing - join online or attend in-person in Vancouver. Description Join  this Building Smart seminar to learn about industry best practices for designing efficient, durable wood-frame building enclosures in new construction. Explore the latest edition of the Building Enclosure Design Guide now available online. Speakers will discuss the behaviour of wood … Continued

Offered in-person in Vancouver and online. Description Join BC Housing's Building Smart seminar to learn about industry best practices for designing efficient, durable wood-frame building enclosures in new construction. Explore the latest edition of the Building Enclosure Design Guide now available online. Speakers will discuss the behaviour of wood as a material, the fundamentals of … Continued

Why do we need to prepare the building for airtightness testing? What does this involve? Are there guidance and tips? Potential heat loss due to air leakage through an enclosure with moderate or poor airtightness has a significant and measurable impact on the required heating energy for a building. An enclosure that has good or … Continued

Available Online and In-Person Learn about new and emerging tools that help the BC and Canadian building sectors adapt to new energy-efficiency requirements and transform to multi-unit net-zero buildings. This session will provide an overview of thermal bridging and the BETB Guide, highlighting the expanded thermal performance catalogue and recent updates to version 1.2. It … Continued

Attend in-person in Vancouver or by webinar 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 coming into effect December 15, 2017 (as per Section … Continued