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1. Vancouver's Zero Emissions Buildings: Accelerating Passive House Uptake

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In 2015 the City of Vancouver started with one certified Passive House home and now boasts more than 2,200 residential units

2. Vancouver Amends Bylaws To Encourage More Passive House Construction

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The Vancouver City Council approved a modification to their bylaws regarding Passive House amendments last Tuesday, March 31.

4. Vancouver Firehall 17

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Scott, an associate at Integral Group, presented lessons learned during the design and construction of the Firehall.

5. Metro Vancouver Housing Retrofits

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Metro Vancouver Housing has issued RFPs for two buildings that participated in the Reframed Lab: Crown Manor in Coquitlam and Le Chateau Place in New Westminster.

6. Chris Higgins: Vancouvers Passive House Proliferation

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Chris Higgins shares Vancouver, CA hacks for implementing Passive House

7. Insights from Vancouver: Decarbonising our Built Environment

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Earlier this year, I embarked on a research trip which was awarded by the Byera Hadley Trust on behalf of the New South Wales Architects Registration Board in Australia.

8. Rising Towers in Vancouver

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The latest entry in the world’s tallest Passive House competition will be a standout—and not just because of its height.

9. A Tweetstorm Primer on Vancouver, BC's Remarkable Passive House Uptake

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The market transformation demonstrates how powerful Passive House can be as a tool in decarbonizing buildings and enabling bold policymaking.

10. Multifamily Passive House in Vancouver Dedicated to Indigenous Residence

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This social housing project in Vancouver, Canada centers Indigenous residents through honoring traditional building and First Nations ways of life.

Builder Nino Giangrande of Grande Pacific Homes started this project as a straightforward renovation using the current building code as a guide. Once construction started, he decided to take the Passive House training and certify as a Passive House Consultant.

12. Capilano Passive House

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This West Coast modern Passive House surrounds and frames a south‐facing courtyard garden by way of large sliding patio doors and carefully located windows.

13. WestBay Passive House

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West Vancouver, British Columbia

14. The Heights: Case Study In Vancouver, BC

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The Heights is a mixed-use six-story building that meets the Passive House standard, in Vancouver Canada.

15. Marpole Passive House

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This single-family Passive House takes advantage of excellent southern orientation overlooking the banks of the Fraser Valley.

16. Passive House Throw Down: NYC Vs Vancouver

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East Coast vs West Coast: Passive House style

17. Multifamily Passive House Design and Construction in Vancouver

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The Peak is a mixed-use multifamily Passive House apartment complex with 52 market-rate units and two commercial spaces located in Vancouver, British Columbia.

18. A Big Bold Idea: The City of Vancouver Sets a Targets and Maps the Path

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In a big, bold move the City of Vancouver set a goal of running only on renewable energy by 2050.

19. Tomo House Offers Missing Middle Solutions in Vancouver

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When complete in summer 2023, the PHI-certified Tomo House will become the third cohousing project in Vancouver to be built in the last decade.

20. Modern Passive House Goes Net-Zero in West Vancouver

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Vancouver Passive House takes energy efficiency a step further - Net-Zero

21. Breaking New Ground: Ultra-Low Carbon Housing in Vancouver

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The video dives into the strategies used to reduce both embodied and operational carbon, offering valuable insights into creating highly energy-efficient and sustainable buildings.

22. Gastown Childcare: Passive House for Kids on a Downtown Vancouver Rooftop

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Acton Ostry Architects has a reputation in Vancouver for solving challenging problems.

23. Marken Design + Consulting

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Marken Design + Consulting is a design and project consulting firm focusing on implementing high-performance building design & construction practices.

24. Exceeding Expectations in Canada’s First Passive House Fire Hall

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Completed in 2021, Fire Hall 17 in Vancouver is the first Passive House fire hall in North America. It is also the first building owned by the City of Vancouver to be designed to the standard.

25. Opinion: New recipe for sustainable construction changes how homes are built in Vancouver

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On November 17, 2020, The City of Vancouver Council approved the Climate Emergency Action Plan, putting Vancouver on track to reduce the city’s carbon pollution by 50% by 2030.

26. Bird’s Wing Passiv House + Duplex

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Located on the west side of Vancouver, BC, Bird’s Wing Passivhaus+ marries Passive House thermal efficiency with spatial efficiency and a minimalist design.

27. First & Templeton

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Gwill Symons and Scott Kennedy of Cornerstone Architecture join the Accelerator with an in depth overview of First & Templeton, a sixty unit residential Passive House development in East Vancouver, BC.

28. Nanaimo Aboriginal Centre

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Affordable housing for First Nations residents on the east island of Vancouver.

29. The Heights

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The Heights, a mixed-use six-storey building, built to meet the Passive House standard.

30. Passive House Podcast Ep. 105: Scott Kennedy, Cornerstone Architecture

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Zack interviews Scott Kennedy, Partner at Cornerstone Architecture in Vancouver, British Columbia. Scott is a leading exponent of multifamily Passive House design, trailblazing the approach in Vancouver and championing the adoption of Passive House across Canada.

31. Vienna House: Designing for Connectedness & Climate Resilience

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Vienna House, a 123-unit social housing project in Vancouver, features a prefab hybrid structure of mass timber and light wood frame, with a unique courtyard design to tackle climate, social, and acoustic challenges.

32. High Energy Performance With Low Carbon Building Materials

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Paul Shepski of Vancouver, BC based Geography Contracting discusses high energy performance and low carbon materials.

33. PHASED Twin Towers EnerPHit

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For more than 40 years, two concrete high-rise towers in North Vancouver owned by Affordable Housing have been providing high-quality affordable housing, but decades of use have led to the need for a serious overhaul.

34. The Increasing Impact of Passive House

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How big of an impact can Passive House have?

35. Nanaimo Aboriginal Centre Passive Housing

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Affordable housing for First Nations residents on the east island of Vancouver.

36. One Homeowner’s Experience

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Passive House Canada’s Sacha Sauvé talks with Carolyn Gisborne, who lives in a Passive House building on Vancouver Island.

37. Passive House Weekly July 1st, 2024

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Please read on for a selection of Passive House happenings, articles, interviews, and developments.

38. Jeff Langford: From Code to High Performance

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How to up the anty from a code-built building to a high performance Passive House

39. Project of the Month: Breaking New Ground: Achievements in Ultra-Low-Carbon Housing in Vancouver

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40. Bonus Episode: Andrea Linsky of Alberta Ecotrust (Retrofit CA Conference '24)

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In this special bonus episode recorded at the 2024 Retrofit Canada Conference in Vancouver, BC co-host of the Passive House Podcast Mary James interviews Andrea Linsky of Alberta Ecotrust.

41. Bonus Episode: Darla Simpson of ZEIC (Retrofit CA Conference '24)

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In this special bonus episode recorded at the 2024 Retrofit Canada Conference in Vancouver, BC co-host of the Passive House Podcast Mary James interviews Andrea Linsky of The Zero Emissions Innovation Centre (ZEIC).

42. Bonus Episode: Lorrie Rand of ReCover Initiative (Retrofit CA Conference '24)

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In this special bonus episode recorded at the 2024 Retrofit Canada Conference in Vancouver, BC co-host of the Passive House Podcast Mary James interviews Lori Rand of ReCover Initiative.

43. Passive House Podcast Ep 89: Jamie Harte, PUBLIC

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Matthew interviews Jamie Harte, architect and Certified Passive House Designer at PUBLIC in Vancouver, BC about his Passive House journey, his work on the UBC Skeena Student Residence, and his current project, Vienna House.

44. Passive House Podcast Ep. 135: Chris Hill, BCollective

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Passive House Podcast co-host Zack Semke interviews Chris Hill, President of BCollective in Vancouver, BC. Chris is a board member of Passive House Canada and one of the driving forces behind an open sourced system, BOSS, which stands for Building Offsite Sustainable Systems.

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