Keeping Our Cool: How Builders can Protect Homes from Overheating

Builders, designers, HVAC technicians, energy advisors, building officials:

Summer 2021 was deadly for British Columbians, with over 600 people losing their lives in just one week of extreme heat. The rapidly heating climate is expected to bring more dangerous summers to come, so the 2024 release of the BC Building Code has introduced new requirements to prevent overheating in residential spaces.

Join Community Energy Association, HVAC Designers of Canada and Ecolighten Energy Solutions for an in-depth look at how to navigate compliance and verification of these new requirements, designed to minimize health and safety risks from overheating in dwelling units.

This session will cover the Guideline for Single Zone Cooling in Dwelling Units, which offers the technical direction needed to achieve compliance using CSA F280-12 standard - helping you avoid issues caused by improper cooling load calculations.

Notes

Event is free of charge, but you must pre-register for the webinar you'd like to attend.

If you can't attend the webinar - no problem! We'll provide the slide deck and a link to the recording to all those who have registered.

This event has been pre-approved for 1 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Point through BC Housing.

Related Webinars

Don't miss our other webinars in this series. Follow the links below to learn more and to register.

• Simplify Heat Pump Selection: There's an App for That (February 25)
• All-in-One: Intro to Hydronic Heat Pumps (March 25)
• What's Coming in Heat Pump Technology? (May 27)

About the Presenter

Dara Bowser, HVAC Designers of Canada

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Partners & Funders

Brought to you by the Community Energy Association and the Canadian Home Builders’ Association Northern BC with the support of BC Hydro, FortisBC, Province of BC, Real Estate Foundation of BC, and the Regional Districts of Central Kootenay and Kootenay Boundary.

This event is one of many activities presented by Community Energy Association through:

Kootenay Clean Energy Transition, a multi-year project that will build awareness and workforce capacity for a low carbon and clean energy transition in the Kootenay and Boundary regions.

Building a Legacy North, enabled through a collaboration with CHBA Northern BC, offers training, resources, and educational opportunities and develops case studies and communications materials to advance high performance building practices in Northern communities.

Retrofit Assist, a concierge service offered in collaboration with local governments to assist homeowners in navigating the process and financing of home energy retrofit projects.