Women in Architecture - Human Experience Design - Places for Women+ WIA will celebrate International Women’s Day with a workshop on ways to create designs that target the needs of women+. This will be an in-person event, where participants will learn about the human experience design methodology and how to develop a user profile/persona which…  Read more

Passive House Canada - Pulse Vancouver November 22, 2022 Through theory of environmental psychology and human-centered design, you will learn how to identify user-experience in a design. “The user” is an umbrella term for every different kind of stakeholder and user in a design project. Emma-Sofie will present methods to identify what aspects of the…  Read more

Passive House Canada - January Passive House Technical Group: Waste Water Recovery in Passive House Buildings As building envelopes become more and more efficient, greater percentages of energy use from within a building are coming from the use of domestic hot water. Rather than losing this energy to the outside environment, energy from wastewater can…  Read more

Passive House Canada - December Passive House Social Chris Higgins, City of Vancouver, Monte Paulsen, RDH, and Cheney Chen, Perkins + Will are going to share their learnings from the 23rd International Passive House Conference ~in China, so please come and hear about the most impactful information shared at this event! Date: December 5, 2019…  Read more

Passive House Canada - November Passive House Technical Group Come and learn from Stephen Wong of Morrison Hershfield, in a presentation all about Building Envelope Airtightness Testing, particularly for large buildings: planning, building preparation, and test approaches. Following that, Ian Fung of Pacific Aerobarrier will discuss the function and efficacy of the Aerobarrier product as…  Read more

Women in Architecture - Equity in Practice, Process, and Placemaking This session will explore equity and inclusion across practice, the design process and ultimately the places we create to promote excellence in the built environment. The following questions will be explored through presentation, group exercise and discussion: Practice: How can a more inclusive work environment…  Read more

Passive House Canada - PHPP User's Group - Vancouver Please join us for the final social event of the season! A collaboration between the Passive House Social and the PHPP User’s Group – Vancouver, this event will feature several short, 8-minute pecha kucha style presentations followed by time for networking, food, drinks, and festivities! Date:…  Read more

Women in Architecture: Healthy Buildings, Healthy People 2.0 A continuation of our series focusing on the relationship of wellness and the built environment. This month's event will feature a presentation by Kathy Wardle on "Why Materials Matter" as well as a presentation by Mona Lemoine about "Regenerative Development and Design." Date: March 28, 2017 Time:…  Read more

Canada Green Building Council / Integral Group - Approaches to Advancing Net Zero – CaGBC and City of Vancouver Perspectives Join us at this event to hear what’s new in Net Zero research and policy, and take part in a lively discussion with policy and technical experts! Speakers: Thomas Mueller, President and CEO of the Canada…  Read more