Intended audience: Builders, designers, building officials, municipal staff, and others in the BC construction community, province-wide.
BC Building Codes are evolving and we want you to know how to benefit. This free-of-charge webinar is part of the Building A Legacy initiative, delivered by Community Energy Association, with instruction from Mark Bernhardt, Bernhardt Contracting and a local builder or EA, this session is open and applicable to participants province-wide and beyond.
Instructors:
- Mark Bernhardt, Bernhardt Contracting
- Meredith Hamstead of thinkBright Homes
Agenda:
9:00-9:10 CEA Introduction to the BC Energy Step Code
9:10-11:00 Mark Bernhardt, Energy Advisor (EA) co-presenting with a local builder or EA:
- How EAs work within Step Code
- Services EAs provide in both new construction and retrofits
- Modelling timelines and pre-design information requirements
- Post-modelling changes in the design or mechanical systems
- Achieving as-built compliance and occupancy permits
- Introduction to the concept of integrated design process (IDP)
- How can an EA save you money? (i.e. design optimization)
- Creative solutions for engaging EAs remotely and in collaboration with one another
- Finding an EA
10:55 – 11:00 CEA feedback poll & closing remarks
Handout: Working with an Energy Advisor