The Zero Emissions Building Exchange
High-Performance, Mid-Rise, Multi-Unit Residential Buildings in BC Does it really cost more to build a high-performance building? Historically, this question has been addressed with theoretical studies […]
June 2021: Life Cycle Assessment Practice to Estimate Embodied Carbon in Buildings From ZEBx’s Net-Zero Energy-Ready Playbook Series Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment The building sector […]
When Highstreet Ventures (Highstreet) began the Carrington View rental development, there was no municipal requirement to meet any step of the BC Energy Step Code (Step […]
May 2021: Planning Airtight Buildings From ZEBx’s Net-Zero Energy-Ready Playbook Series Why Build Airtight Buildings? Building airtightness reduces energy consumption by minimizing heat loss via air […]
April 2021: Ventilation Strategies for High-Performance Multi-Unit Residential Buildings From ZEBx’s Net-Zero Energy-Ready Playbook Series High-performance multi-unit residential buildings (MURB) are becoming the norm in British […]
Past Event: Apr 21, 2021 @ 9:00 am – 10:30 am The Building Electrification Road Map was launched at this online event to about 130 participants […]
Reducing Emissions in BC’s Building Sector Buildings in British Columbia (BC) emit approximately 6.9 million tonnes of GHG emissions on an annual basis. This represents approximately […]
When the University of British Columbia decided to add another student residence to their Okanagan campus in 2017, the UBC Board of Governors (with input from […]
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Building Electrification: Accelerating Electrification of CA Multifamily Sector Report
Resource for Building Electrification From the report website: This report, Accelerating Electrification of California’s Multifamily Buildings, is a deliverable for the Accelerating Multifamily Building Upgrades project. This […]
Video & Playbook: Ventilation Strategies for High-Performance Multi-Unit Residential Buildings
April 2021: Ventilation Strategies for High-Performance Multi-Unit Residential Buildings From ZEBx’s Net-Zero Energy-Ready Playbook Series High-performance multi-unit residential buildings (MURB) are becoming the norm in British […]
Video & Playbook: Ventilation Strategies for High-Performance Multi-Unit Residential Buildings
April 2021: Ventilation Strategies for High-Performance Multi-Unit Residential Buildings From ZEBx’s Net-Zero Energy-Ready Playbook Series High-performance multi-unit residential buildings (MURB) are becoming the norm in British […]
Video & Playbook: Ventilation Strategies for High-Performance Multi-Unit Residential Buildings
April 2021: Ventilation Strategies for High-Performance Multi-Unit Residential Buildings From ZEBx’s Net-Zero Energy-Ready Playbook Series High-performance multi-unit residential buildings (MURB) are becoming the norm in British […]
What is ZEBx?
A centre designed to rapidly accelerate the knowledge, capacity and passion for zero emission buildings.
We navigate barriers to advance the development of cost-effective, attractive, zero emission buildings at scale.
We connect the building industry to solutions, identify opportunities and broker relationships.
We foster innovation through dialogues, project tours, curated research, training and demonstrations.
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FOUNDING PARTNERS
ZEBx was founded through seed funding from the City of Vancouver, with additional financial support provided by the Real Estate Foundation of BC, the Bullitt Foundation, and the Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance.
ZEBx is hosted by the Vancouver Regional Construction Association, with partners Passive House Canada and Open.