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The tallest Passive House in the world will soon be built in Vancouver BC
Urban planning

Passive House reaches new heights in Vancouver Canada!

...Vancouver, where the city recently approved a 60-storey skyscraper that is aiming for Passive House certification (though whether this will be be PHI or PHIUS remains to be seen). Vancouver’s Greenest City 2020 initiative Of course we can’t take all the credit : ) but… we have long given the city of Vancouver Kudo’s fo...

BC Energy Step Code - Building Sustainable Homes in Canada
Policy and Regulations

BC Leads the way in energy efficient housing and green job creation though the BC Energy Step Code

...Vancouver’s Greenest City 2020 initiative, which began in 2009, with the Greenest City Action Team masterminded & co-chaired by Gregor Robertson, at that time Mayor of Vancouver, and David R. Boyd, Environmental lawyer and author of "Sustainability within a Generation". This group of local BC experts researched bes...