Zero Emissions Innovation Centre

Kelowna has firsthand experience with the damaging consequences of climate change - from record precipitation and historic floods to extreme heat, severe droughts and devastating wildfires. Yet, Kelowna's GHG emissions continue to rise, and buildings continue to account for about 38% of overall community emissions, not including embodied carbon. This contribution to Kelowna's carbon footprint can be reduced with climate-friendly project requirements, and responsible design and construction decisions.

Developing a business case for decarbonizing commercial buildings takes a deep understanding of the interplay between emissions reduction measures (like electrification) and energy conservation measures. It's a balancing act. Too much of one and not enough of the other can erode the business case or the decarbonization potential. Jawl Properties, a leading developer, owner and manager of premium commercial real estate in Victoria, has mastered the balancing act.

This webinar will explore a construction innovator’s approach to designing and delivering high-performance housing that can be manufactured off site or built on site and will provide insights for industry and local government from a new catalogue of practical, standardized, high performance, offsite-ready, affordable designs for multiplex to multifamily.

The approach, reflected in a new catalogue, has practical applications for local governments, design professionals, builders and developers.

Presenters

Come and join ZEIC's program areas; ZEBx, B2E and CLF BC at the Building Decarb Social after Day 2 of the Buildex Vancouver conference. We’ll be gathering at Steamworks, just a few minutes walk away from the conference. It will be an outstanding opportunity to network with building industry peers that are advancing building decarbonization.

The event takes place February 27th beginning at 4PM at Steamworks Brewing, 375 Water St, Vancouver.