Join us at our Kelowna showroom for an educational seminar presented by Terry Bergen of Read Jones Christoffersen Ltd..

High-Performance Buildings – The Varied Paths to Net-Zero

Wednesday, October 10th at 1:00-2:30pm

Last year, the Province of British Columbia adopted the new BC Energy Step Code to help unify local government policy and bylaws with the ultimate goal of achieving highly energy-efficient buildings throughout the Province. The BC Energy Step Code is a unified code with a primary goal of making all new construction net-zero energy ready by the year 2032.

The BC Energy Step Code relies on a performance approach to compliance. The performance approach establishes a desired outcome and offers flexibility to the building team to decide how it will achieve the outcome. Instead of focusing on specific components within a building, building professionals need to consider the building as a system, ensuring each component will work together to achieve a high-performance building.

While the new performance approach to compliance establishes a desired outcome (high-performance), it does not provide  a clear path to achieve this goal. The building team has the flexibility to decide how it will achieve the performance required to comply with each step – and eventually net-zero – of the BC Energy Step Code . The various verification programs, or branded building standards, are one option the building team can select.

In this 1-hour seminar, Terry Bergen, Principal at Read Jones Christoffersen Ltd., will discuss the various verification programs building teams can adopt to achieve code-mandated net-zero energy objectives for their projects.

Learning Objectives (1 Core LU / 1 Group A CPD)

1. Understand the performance approach to compliance as required by the BC Energy Step Code
2. Explore the fundamentals of a net-zero ready project
3. Become familiar with the most popular branded high-performance building approaches, including LEED®, BuiltGreen™, CHBA Net Zero Home, ENERGY STAR® Certified Home, and Passive House
4. Discover the shared goals, pros and cons of each approach

Speaker Biography

Terry Bergen, CTech, CCCA, LEED-AP, CPHC – Managing Principal, RJC Engineers

Terry Bergen leads RJC’s Building Science & Restoration practice on Vancouver Island. He has over two decades of experience designing new and retrofit building enclosures for buildings across Canada, with particular focus on projects in coastal, nterior, and northern regions of British Columbia. Terry is passionate about sustainability and he works with clients and industry to focus on the integration of building enclosures and mechanical systems to optimize thermal comfort, energy efficiency, and durability. Terry is a member of the ASTM E60 Sustainability Committees and sits on the BC Safety Standards Appeal Board. He presents on efficiency and sustainability topics to varied industry groups and is co-author to research papers focused on these topics.

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