Upcoming Events in Vancouver

Come join us for this fascinating presentation followed by some summertime frolic at the Board of Change and Recollective Summer Rooftop Party! Featuring Kirsten Jacobsen, Education Director, Earthship Biotecture

While most of North America remains addicted to home building technologies that are expensive to build, rely on external heat, water and sewage services and on an endless supply of oil, gas and electricity, earthships have discarded obsolete models of residential construction and have taken a completely new approach to homebuilding.

Join us for this engaging session as we explore the benefits of the net-zero design approach. Learn how the net-zero approach proactively addresses building performance, rather than relying on complex, reactive engineering systems. Combining high-energy efficiency building envelopes with integrated renewable energy options, Net-Zero buildings produce the same amount of energy as they consume in a year. Drawing on several project examples, Albert and Vladimir will address topics including human comfort, passive design, microclimate and energy modeling.

This course focuses on providing an understanding of how two primary Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Regulations and their associated Acts and guidance documents drive the GHG market in BC: