April 5, 2023
Apr 2023 Written by: Rahul Chander (owner/builder) Why Step 5? In 2018, I learned that Step 5 will be mandatory beginning in 2032 for all new homes in BC. This information, and the incentives from the City of New Westminster […]
January 17, 2023
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 […]
October 18, 2022
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 […]
September 20, 2022
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 […]
May 10, 2022
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 […]
May 6, 2022
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 […]
May 6, 2022
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 […]
February 14, 2022
SFU Parcel 21 The reality is, not all dreams come true. Some projects aiming for the highest energy performance standards collide against the reality of construction costs. The SFU Parcel 21 project team was confronted with this challenge and had […]
