BCIT ZEBLC

Join us for an AIBC-accredited session at BCIT’s High Performance Building Lab. Discover how passive shading strategies can help reduce overheating and lower cooling demands in buildings. The session includes a case study, product insights, and a guided tour of the lab.

Stay afterward for a networking session with refreshments provided.

This in-person event provides a detailed look at solar shading strategies that help reduce building overheating and minimize reliance on air conditioning.

Attendees will gain practical insight into:

Learners will gain a detailed understanding of the Passive House Standard, design principles, economics, construction, and certification requirements. The course will cover the 5 basic principles of a Passive House building and provide an in-depth review of building enclosure topics, including insulation, thermal bridging, airtightness, and windows/doors. Upon successful completion, students will earn designation as a Certified Passive House Tradesperson, registered with the Passive House Institute.

Offering 2:  100% online

Learners will gain a detailed understanding of the Passive House Standard, design principles, economics, construction, and certification requirements. The course will cover the 5 basic principles of a Passive House building and provide an in-depth review of building enclosure topics, including insulation, thermal bridging, airtightness, and windows/doors. Upon successful completion, students will earn designation as a Certified Passive House Tradesperson, registered with the Passive House Institute.

This short course will provide participants with foundational knowledge on the mechanical and electrical systems found in Net Zero, Net Zero Energy-ready, and Passive House buildings.

Key topics include common mechanical systems, energy source options, BC Energy Step Code and Passive House requirements, and integrated design. 

100% online, Monday/Thursday for 2 weeks, June 9th – June 16th, 1PM-2PM

$135.50

Prerequisites: XZEB 1001 AND XZEB 1120

Through a case-study approach, builders, designers, project managers, and energy advisors will learn best practices needed to ensure good design, installation, and verification of HVAC systems in residential projects.

Key topics include Energy Step Code and Passive House requirements; HVAC mechanical system options, costs, and performance; and best practices from design, tender, installation, and verification. 

May 27th – June 17th, 2025

100% online, Tuesdays, 1-4 PM for 4 weeks

In this 3-day lab course, complement your learning from XZEB 1120 through hands-on practice with lab activities covering air and thermal barrier approaches, and details for foundations, above and below grade walls roods, interfaces, windows, balconies, penetrations, and low embodied carbon insulation material options.

Offering 1: April 3rd - 5th, 2025

In-person at BCIT’s Burnaby campus, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, 8AM - 4:30PM, $773.71

*Prerequisites: XZEB 1001 and XZEB 1120

From the BCIT High Performance Building Lab, learn from industry experts through live construction demonstrations on the assembly details, material selection and compatibility, construction approaches, sequencing, and coordination, for airtight zero energy/emissions or Passive House building enclosures.

Key topics include the airtightness, high R-value enclosure details, thermal bridging, assembly interfaces, windows, mechanical and electrical penetration, and embodied carbon of materials.

100% on-campus at BCIT Burnaby

Through a case-study approach, develop your understanding of BC Energy Step Code, Net Zero, Zero Carbon and Passive House standards, operational and embodied carbon, energy efficiency performance metrics, building science, integrated design, low-TEDI and airtight enclosures, and costing.

Apply the basic principles of life cycle assessment (LCA) fundamental LCA standards to practice whole-building LCA. The course is based on the Canadian national guidelines for whole-building LCA and will use the free LCA software, the Athena Impact Estimator for Buildings.

100% online, Feb 26 - Apr 9 (independent work + 3 live lectures on Feb 26, Mar 12 & 26), Wednesdays 4-6PM for 7 weeks, $521.38

Learners will gain a detailed understanding of the Passive House Standard, design principles, economics, construction, and certification requirements. The course will cover the 5 basic principles of a Passive House building and provide an in-depth review of building enclosure topics, including insulation, thermal bridging, airtightness, and windows/doors. Upon successful completion, students will earn designation as a Certified Passive House Tradesperson, registered with the Passive House Institute.

March 20 – April 3, 2025