Following the official launch of the ASHRAE BC Building Sustainability and Resilience Guide in August (available here http://www.ashraebc.com/resources ) the ASHRAE BC chapter are excited to be putting on an official launch night and showcase event. The guide is targeted at a diverse crowd, potentially anyone interested in buildings and sustainability, and it is hoped that this event will also attract people from consultants to architects and building owners.

Whilst the night will touch on the content of the guide and given that this is already available to view for free, we wanted to provide some background as to why the guide was developed and how it can be applied to building designs. As such this showcase will focus on the three pillars of the guide – Mitigation, Adaptation and Resilience – and how the observations in relations to these pillars today should be shaping our building design and upgrades now and into the future.