Case Study: Orion – Real-Life Performance of a Step 4, All-Electric Building Did Orion achieve its performance targets?   As we highlighted in our June 2021 Construction Cost Analysis of High-Performance, Multi-Family Buildings in BC, Innovation Building Group was able to […]

Case Study: OSO Net-Zero Energy-Ready Challenge Winner Series The Net-Zero Energy-Ready (NZER) Challenge is a provincial CleanBC incentive program for large buildings (multi-unit residential, office, retail, commercial, institutional, etc.) launched in late 2018. In addition to providing financial support for […]

Case Study: Vancouver City Hall The City of Vancouver embarks on its plan to decarbonize City Hall As part of its multi-phased City Hall decarbonization project, the City of Vancouver installed an Aermec NRP air-to-water heat pump in late 2017 […]

Case Study: Sharing (Heat) is Caring Deep Emissions Reduction Achieved at Kitsilano Community Centre Community and recreation centres are often a major source of emissions in a municipality’s building portfolio, but recreation centres with ice rinks offer a big opportunity […]

Case Study: Decarbonizing Coquitlam Centre Mall Capturing Waste Heat with a Heat Recovery Chiller Coquitlam Centre is a mall, owned and operated by Morguard Corporation, with a gross leasable area of 86,400 m2 (930,000 ft2). In January 2016, a Trane RTWD […]

Case Study: Park Place Adding a Heat Recovery Chiller to Reduce Emissions Park Place, located in downtown Vancouver, is one of the largest office towers in BC. Driven by long-term financial and environmental considerations, the building owners have invested in […]

The ZEBx Annual Report 2021 / 22 Celebrating four years of ZEBx and the first six months of B2E. In our fourth year of growing capacity, confidence and a community of practice, ZEBx has accomplished a lot! What started as […]

Jun 2022 A low-carbon energy system (LCES) provides all space heating (and cooling) or all domestic hot water heating by using a source of low-carbon energy like BC Hydro electricity. In essence, it’s a system centered on equipment that generates […]

The Early Adopters of High-Performance: A Trends Analysis The Net-Zero Energy-Ready (NZER) Challenge is a provincial CleanBC incentive program for large buildings launched in late 2018 in conjunction with the release of the Province’s climate plan. In addition to providing […]

Feb 2022: Low Carbon Energy Systems From ZEBx’s Net-Zero Energy-Ready Playbook Series Overview High-performance buildings are not as straightforward to design and build as code-minimum buildings. They require more upfront Low-carbon energy systems are the future. They are what the […]

Jan 2022: Planning for High-Performance Buildings From ZEBx’s Net-Zero Energy-Ready Playbook Series Overview High-performance buildings are not as straightforward to design and build as code-minimum buildings. They require more upfront planning and a more integrated design and development process before […]

July 2021: Thermal Bridging In Net-Zero Energy-Ready Building Design From ZEBx’s Net-Zero Energy-Ready Playbook Series Overview Minimizing thermal bridging through the building envelope is a key design aspect for achieving net-zero energy-ready (NZER) buildings. However, this can seem quite complicated […]

The Net-Zero Energy-Ready (NZER) Challenge is a provincial CleanBC incentive program forlarge buildings launched in late 2018 in conjunction with the release of the Province’s climateplan. In addition to providing financial support for developments targeting very high levels ofenergy efficiency, […]

From reconstructing the internal organs of ancient marine animals and reverse engineering destroyed data to designing net-zero homes with PHPP, Lyndsie White, Industrial Designer and Energy Modeller – Cornerstone Architecture, shares what it takes to successfully implement new building technologies and designs while navigating a rapidly evolving market.

ZEBx celebrates its second year in operation! From new program launches to local case studies to hands-on building technology demonstrations, ZEBx continues to establish key partnerships across industry to develop and deliver effective programming to advance zero emissions building solutions. […]

From reconstructing the internal organs of ancient marine animals and reverse engineering destroyed data to designing net-zero homes with PHPP, Lyndsie White, Industrial Designer and Energy Modeller – Cornerstone Architecture, shares what it takes to successfully implement new building technologies and designs while navigating a rapidly evolving market.

Attention building industry: we heard you loud and clear! Your enthusiasm around BC’s Energy Step Code Study Series has inspired ZEBx to showcase more successful projects that will support and expand on the province’s efforts. Later this spring, ZEBx will […]

Overview Progressive building policies and codes such as the BCEnergy Step Code and Vancouver’s Zero Emissions Building Plan have injected into local industry an entirely new set of priorities and systems for how we design and construct our buildings. Passive […]

Planning for Building Decarbonization: Affordable Housing Past Event: Mar 8, 2023 Overview Reducing emissions from existing buildings will make a bigger contribution to our 2030 and 2050 climate targets than eliminating emissions from new buildings. The City of Vancouver, Metro […]

Heat Pumps for Step 5 Homes in Northern BC Past Event: Jan 27, 2023 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Overview Cold winters in BC’s northern communities can make designing and building fully electric homes a challenge, but Northern Homecraft […]

Tech Demo Series – The Smartflow Panel Past Event: Jan 18, 2023 Slides: This is an incomplete slide deck. For the complete slide deck and/or additional information on this product and mechanical design, please contact Jay Jagpal at Olympic International. […]

The OSO Residential Development Recorded at Past Event: Dec 1 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Resources: Overview In October 2022, ZEBx released the sixth case study from the CleanBC Net-Zero Energy-Ready Challenge Winners series. Funded by CleanBC and managed by Integral […]

Tech Demo Series – Made-in-BC, High-Efficiency HRVs Past Event: Nov 29, 2022 Slides: Overview This ZEBx event was hosted by BCIT  and took place in their High-Performance Building Lab on their Burnaby campus. This Event For this Tech Demo workshop, we […]

UBC’s Latest & Greatest: Passive House, All-Electric and Solar Recorded at Past Eventt: Oct 28 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Resources: Overview ZEBx has showcased many high-performance buildings over the years, but with the addition of photovoltaics on the […]