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Recommendations for successful stretch code implementation in B.C. : a review of implementation supports in five leading beyond-base energy code jurisdictions Pol, Karolina
Abstract
The Building Act, passed in 2015, marks a policy shift in the regulation of energy performance of new buildings in B.C. Responsibility for establishing energy performance standards for new buildings will now rest primarily with the provincial government. Prior to the introduction of this legislation, local governments could control energy standards in new buildings using municipal bylaws. The Building Act limits this municipal authority in order to increase the consistency of building standards, increase the capacity of building officials, and drive innovation in energy efficient building design and technology across the province. The provincial government has developed a stretch code with higher energy performance requirements than the B.C. Building Code (BCBC), to ensure that advances in energy efficient building design and technology continue within this new policy context. Once the Building Act comes into force in 2017, local governments will be able to voluntarily adopt the stretch code and use it alongside other municipal regulatory tools to encourage energy performance in new buildings that exceeds that required by the BCBC. In anticipation of this new regulatory framework, this report assesses the supports available for the implementation of a stretch code in B.C. In order to do this, existing supports in B.C. are compared with those in five other leading beyond-base energy code jurisdictions across North America, including California, Massachusetts, Oregon, Vermont and Ontario.
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Recommendations for successful stretch code implementation in B.C. : a review of implementation supports in five leading beyond-base energy code jurisdictions
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2016-08
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The Building Act, passed in 2015, marks a policy shift in the regulation of energy performance of new buildings in B.C. Responsibility for establishing energy performance standards for new buildings will now rest primarily with the provincial government. Prior to the introduction of this legislation, local governments could control energy standards in new buildings using municipal bylaws. The Building Act limits this municipal authority in order to increase the consistency of building standards, increase the capacity of building officials, and drive innovation in energy efficient building design and technology across the province.
The provincial government has developed a stretch code with higher energy performance requirements than the B.C. Building Code (BCBC), to ensure that advances in energy efficient building design and technology continue within this new policy context. Once the Building Act comes into force in 2017, local governments will be able to voluntarily adopt the stretch code and use it alongside other municipal regulatory tools to encourage energy performance in new buildings that exceeds that required by the BCBC.
In anticipation of this new regulatory framework, this report assesses the supports available for the implementation of a stretch code in B.C. In order to do this, existing supports in B.C. are compared with those in five other leading beyond-base energy code jurisdictions across North America, including California, Massachusetts, Oregon, Vermont and Ontario.
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eng
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2017-02-22
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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10.14288/1.0342955
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Unreviewed
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Graduate
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