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COVER STORY MEET THE PRESIDENT New Engineers and Geoscientists BC President Larry Spence, P.Eng., is the organization’s first president since 2012 whose career has been based mainly outside of southwestern BC—something he believes helps him understand the needs of registrants living and working outside major urban centres.

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BUILDING THE TŜILHQOT’IN SOLAR FARM With the help of the EcoSmart Foundation, the community of Yunesit’in, one of six T ŝ ilhqot’in

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communities, took on the challenge of building a 3,456 solar photovoltaic- module solar farm near the Chilcotin Plateau in BC.

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STEPPING UP TO NET- ZERO ENERGY-READY BUILDINGS The BC Energy Step Code is an optional code for designers and builders striving to develop green buildings. Even though 72 BC municipalities have already adopted the Step Code as part of their building code requirements, many designers and builders are volunteering to meet the Code before they are required to do so.

Whether you’re building new or upgrading, we’ve increased our rebates for a limited time* on select high-efficiency equipment and products to help you lower operating costs and improve energy efficiency. It’s just one way we’re doing our part to help businesses recover from COVID-19. Whether you’re building new or upgrading, we’ve increased our rebates for a limited time* on select high-efficiency equipment and products to help you lower operating costs and improve energy efficiency. It’s just one way we’re doing our part to help businesses recover from COVID-19.

ON THE COVER Larry Spence, P.Eng., was inducted as president of Engineers and Geoscientists BC on Saturday, October 17, 2020. P hoto : L arry D oeLL

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