2016 AIBC Annual Conference: Just Over One Week Left to Register Online

Climate as Concept
Wednesday, May 18 from 10:30 a.m. – noon
Presented by Matthew Rosenberg

How can we consider climate data and sustainable technologies as the key driver for a building design? How does this better inform and develop the architectural process and ultimately make for better developments? This session looks at the fundamental process of design and how we can begin to inject climate data at the earliest stages of the architectural process. We look at current and developing renewable technologies and discuss how cross-disciplinary actions with the companies creating these products can foster a more productive architecture community. We offer strategies to embed communities with renewable strategies so it becomes more than an afterthought.

1.5 Core LUs | Register for this session.

Developing a Stretch Code for BC
Wednesday, May 19 from 3:30 – 5 p.m.
Presented by Dave Ramslie, Cimarron Corpé PhD, Zachary May MBA

1.5 Core LUs | Register for this session.This presentation will talk about the ground-breaking, collaborative process used to develop the new Stretch Code for BC, joining stakeholders from industry, local government, professional associations, utilities and the provincial government for the first time to develop “beyond building code energy standards”. Presenters will discuss how this collaboration led to the creation of a road-map to achieve “net-zero emissions ready” buildings in BC, highlight the core components of the framework that was developed and the anticipated next steps towards adoption province-wide. Also discussed will be challenges and benefits to having a harmonized approach to regulating and incentivizing high-performance, low-carbon buildings.

Whole Systems Infrastructure Planning Approach Yields a Low Carbon Solution for UBC Okanagan Campus
Wednesday, May 18 from 1:30 – 3 p.m.
Presented by Kathy Wardle M.E.S. LEED AP BD+C and Gerry McGeough Director, Planning + Design, Campus and Community Planning

The global imperative of climate change is considered the greatest sustainability challenge facing society, and the effects are widespread. Universities faced with an aging building stock and infrastructure systems will be required to adapt in order to become more resilient to changes in climate, utility rates, changes in campus use, and population growth. This session will share the consultation process, challenges and opportunities, and results from UBC Okanagan’s Campus Whole System Infrastructure Plan that outlines a roadmap for realizing positive ecological landscape, 64% water reduction, 41% energy reduction, and 91% carbon reduction by 2030 despite growth.

1.5 Core LUs | Register for this session.

Online registration closes on May 9. To register and for more information about the 2016 AIBC Annual Conference, please visit the conference website. A PDF version of the program is also available online for easy reference.