"BC Energy Step Code"

BC Energy Step Code / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

Building codes

The new BC energy step code: builder design guide & requirements explained - Vancouver

...BC Energy Step Codes - A Step in the Right Direction How the BC energy step code works: The BC Building Code puts buildings into two basic categories – Part 9 and Part 3. BC step code part 9 – This refers to houses and small buildings that are three storeys with a footprint about 6,500 square feet (600 square metres...

Air and vapour barriers

What is a blower door test? What's the cost? How do you find a company to do one?

...codes - the new BC Energy Step Code in British Columbia, Canada is one example. A blower door test is often an essential part of a home audit, we don’t know for sure just yet if it will be part of the free home energy audits promised by the Canadian Liberal Government in Oct 2019 as part of their as part of their Net ...

Lifestyle, location and commuting

Vancouver's goal of becoming the Greenest City by 2020

...BC study, there is a 90% reduced chance of injury when bike lanes are separated by physical barriers compared to just painted on lines. BC Step Code for better building standards is challenging, but well explained see here! Home rating systems encourage better building standards: Building rating systems like EnergGuide...