Cascadia Windows & Doors - Mind the Gap: Better Exterior Wall Performance Through Cladding Attachments Many North American jurisdictions are moving beyond ASHRAE performance requirements for exterior wall assemblies, shifting instead to a holistic, building energy performance standard (BEPS) approach. While this evolution offers benefits—such as design flexibility and lower operating costs—it also requires a…  Read more

Passive House Canada - Achieving the Passive House Standard for Existing Buildings Buildings shape the lives, health and wellbeing of individuals and communities. Unfortunately, too many of the buildings across Canada often have significant problems: from drafty building envelopes, to mold and moisture problems, to inefficient HVAC systems. The Passive House standard has evolved over…  Read more

BCIT - XZEB 1160 – Introduction to Embodied Carbon & Whole-Building Life Cycle Assessments This course introduces the life cycle assessment (LCA) technical fundamentals needed to effectively practice of whole-building LCA and use whole-building LCA results and environmental product declarations (EPDs). Learners will develop their understanding of LCA standards, methods, and data in the course.…  Read more

Passive House Canada - 90: Introduction to Passive House High Performance Buildings This is an introductory course on embodied carbon geared towards construction professionals and policy makers. The course provides a high-level overview of the importance of embodied carbon, how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with the built environment, as well as a summary…  Read more

Cornerstone Building Brands - Update on Expected Changes in the 2020 National Model Codes This presentation will cover changes made to the recently published 2020 National Model Codes that include some significant improvements regarding protection of windows in Part 9 buildings, and combustible window sashes and frames in buildings of noncombustible construction. Date: September 13…  Read more

This presentation will cover changes made to the recently published 2020 National Model Codes that include some significant improvements regarding protection of windows in Part 9 buildings, and combustible window sashes and frames in buildings of noncombustible construction Dates: September 13 Time: 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. Location: Online Cost: free Learning Units (LUs): 1 Core Register: Click here

Cascadia Windows & Doors - Tackling Window Pain: Understanding the Benefits of High-Performance Fenestration As jurisdictions across North America introduce more stringent building energy performance standards (BEPS)—such as the BC Step Code and Seattle 2018 update—developers, architects, and contractors are left wondering the best way to meet the new benchmarks while controlling costs. This balance…  Read more

RAIC - RAIC Promoting Equity and Justice Advisory Committee presents - The Sum of all Parts: Disability Culture as a key component of Inclusive Design This session offers an opportunity to explore our individual and collective relationships to the concept and lived experience of disability. Does the architectural practice hold biases against disability? How is…  Read more

Engineers and Geoscientists BC - Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Short Course The course provides the participants with the fundamental concepts of geotechnical earthquake engineering, and expands those to the key issues related to dynamic soil properties, local site effects and seismic site response analysis, soil liquefaction during earthquakes and the related assessments, seismic slope stability, basics…  Read more

Passive House Canada - PHPP10 (New Features) In this PHPP v10 course, participants will receive information on the updates seen to the recent update from PHPP v9.6 to PHPP v10. Participants will learn through lecture and in-class exercises the main aspects of the PHPP software which have undergone changes with the latest version. This course…  Read more

Keynote speech with world renowned urban planner and author Alain Bertaud. Alain Bertaud is the former Chief Urban Planner of the World Bank and author of the internationally acclaimed book Order Without Design. Alain will be sharing his insights from his five decades of planning cities starting with his first job working for le Corbusier…  Read more

This event has been planned as a celebration of the conclusion of the successful John A. Di Castri Architect exhibit. The event will feature an in-person panel discussion of the use of Architectural Exhibits for Architectural Evaluations, Criticism, and Architectural Conservation. This event is supported by the Wentworth Villa, Victoria Hallmark Society, and the UNESCO…  Read more

RAIC - Vancouver Island South Network presents: Campus Planning - An Update on Planning and Design at the University of Victoria This webinar will be focused on discussions on general and advancing campus planning topics of our times and will introduce changes to University of Victoria, both underway and planned, considering growth and up-dating aspirations…  Read more

This Pulse event will focus on two Rapid Housing Initiative projects that deliver high performance housing quickly and to a Passive House quality. The projects are 257 King William Street, Hamilton which is close to completion and 55 Queenston Apartments, Hamilton, Phase 2 which is breaking ground. A panel of experts from each design team…  Read more

Passive House Canada - 120P: EN LIGNE: La voie vers la certification en conception ou en conseil de Maison Passive The Pathway to Certification in French starts on Sep 22, 2023 and will be comprised of three courses: 120A, 120B, and 120C. Passive House certification ensures that you or your organization are expertly qualified to…  Read more

How can we protect each other from smoke, fires, extreme heat and cold, flooding, and other environmental emergencies? In this studio, we’ll look at existing, and co-design new, small-scale interventions, retrofits, and brand new designs that could be integrated in our Metro Vancouver climate response planning. This event is part of our Studio series, which…  Read more

Cascadia Windows & Doors - Mind the Gap: Better Exterior Wall Performance Through Cladding Attachments Many North American jurisdictions are moving beyond ASHRAE performance requirements for exterior wall assemblies, shifting instead to a holistic, building energy performance standard (BEPS) approach. While this evolution offers benefits—such as design flexibility and lower operating costs—it also requires a…  Read more

When tempered glass is required to meet guard loads in Part 9 and non-Part 9 buildings, and the origins and status of a code interpretation regarding glazing below guard height needing to meet guard loads in areas not specifically required by code language. Dates: September 27 Time: 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. Location: Online Cost: free…  Read more