British Columbia’s Green Building Code is Now in Effect

by Maggie Chandler on September 29, 2008

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Every new building in the province must meet strict standards for energy and water efficiency. The new green requirements, which apply to all new construction in BC, were announced by the Provincial government in April and came into effect on September 5th.

New houses, multi-family residential buildings under 5 storeys, and small commercial and industrial buildings will now have to comply with the province’s new insulation requirements.

New high-rise residential towers and large commercial buildings must meet the American Society of Heating, refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers 90.1 (2004) standard. It applies to the building envelope, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, water heating, power, lighting and other equipment.

Ultra low flow toilets and other water efficient plumbing fixtures are now mandatory for all new construction.

The new Code also features amendments to the Development Cost charge provisions for developers. In principle, lower DCC’s will offset some of the appliance and construction improvement costs that may raise the price of a new home.

Both the federal and provincial governments offer rebates to underwrite some of the costs for existing home owners to renovate to Green Building Code standards and upgrade to energy efficient appliances and ultra low flow toilets. The BC government also offers PST exemptions on EnergyStar qualified products.

Get more info on the Building Code provisions by opening the link called ‘greening the BC building code’.

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