May 18 2017 Zachary May ADirector Policy and

May 18, 2017 Zachary May A/Director, Policy and Codes Development Building and Safety Standards Branch 1

Two Provincial Initiatives Set the Stage Building Act § Consistency, Competency & Innovation § December 2017 marks the end of local building requirements in bylaws. Climate Leadership Plan § Establishes a target that all new construction will be net-zero ready by 2032. 2

Local Government Energy Approaches Energy Efficiency Step to Code – Overview Eliminating the Patchwork: § Local government adopted a wide range of programs and approaches to address building energy efficiency. § Development industry struggled to stay on top of these requirements. § BC Energy Step Code offers a common standard for achieving building energy goals. 3

Energy Efficiency Working Group | PROVINCIAL GOV. | BUILDERS & DEVELOPERS | LOCAL GOVERNMENTS | TRADES & PROFESSIONALS | NGOs | UTILITIES 4

A Focus on Performance

The Energy Step Code Council | PROVINCIAL GOV. | BUILDERS & DEVELOPERS | LOCAL GOV. | TRADES & PROFESSIONALS | NGOS | UTILITIES The Energy Step Code Council • Serves as a “bridge” between local governments, the province, and the building, development, and design sectors, to ensure local governments adopt steps of the BC Energy Step Code in an orderly fashion. 6

Part 9 | Step 1: Enhanced Compliance

Part 9 | Steps 2 and 3: The Lower Steps

Part 9 | Step 4: The Threshold to the Upper Steps

Part 9 | Step 5: Net Zero Ready New Construction

Existing Program Equivalencies

Part 3: High Performance Large + Complex Buildings

Performance Compliance Energy modeling Air-Tightness Testing No Prescriptive Requirements 13

What Does the BC Energy Step Code Measure? – Overview Performance Requirements For: ü Building envelope 14

What Does the BC Energy Step Code Measure? – Overview Performance Requirements For: ü Building envelope ü Equipment and systems 15

What Does the BC Energy Step Code Measure? – Overview Performance Requirements For: ü Building envelope ü Equipment and systems ü Post-construction testing • Airtightness 16

Building Envelope Efficiency Metrics Energy Step Code – Overview Losses • Air tightness • Insulation Gains • Solar gain • People and equipment Units of heat energy required for constant temperature after losses and gains (ignores equipment efficiency). 17

Equipment Efficiency Metrics Energy Step Code – Overview Energy Use • • Heat Water heating Ventilation Lights and plug loads (large buildings only) Energy Use 18

Geographic Availability Part 9 Targets: Province Wide Part 3 Targets: Lower Mainland Southern Vancouver Island Province may add or adjust targets in future

Alignment With Energy Efficiency Incentive Programs Sample Programs: City of North Vancouver City of Richmond City of Surrey Sparwood District Municipality District of Invermere City of Kimberley Township of Langley District of Saanich Resort Municipality of Whistler City of New Westminster 20

Putting into Practice: Possible Implementation Approaches 21

Research and Support Resources | LOCAL GOVERNMENTS | NGOs | PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT | TRADES & PROFESSIONALS | BUILDERS & DEVELOPERS | UTILITIES Completed or Underway: • • • Resource hub: energystepcode. ca Training and capacity assessment Costing study Local government readiness survey Peer network for local government staff Webinars and presentations 22