INNOVATION-November-December-2020

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THREE YEARS AGO, BRITISH COLUMBIA COMMITTED TO MAKING ALL NEW BUILDINGS NET-ZERO ENERGY READY BY 2032. THAT’S AN AMBITIOUS GOAL, TO SAY THE LEAST, BUT WITH THE HIGH NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES AND BUILDERS ALREADY STARTING TO WORK TOWARD THE TOP LEVELS OF THE BC ENERGY STEP CODE, IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE. STEPPING UP TO NET-ZERO ENERGY-READY BUILDINGS

330 GoldstreamAvenue, a six-storey, 102-unit in Langford, BC, owned bythe GreaterVictoria Housing Society project, was designed and constructed to Step Code Level 4 and the International Passive House Standard. CascadiaArchitects Inc. was the architect and the construction contractorwas Kinetic Construction. r enDerings : c ascaDia a rchitects i nc .

Robin J. Miller

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