[FERNIE, BC] Unlocking Step Code Success: Navigating the Latest Updates and Implications for Part 9 BC Building Code

Description

Speaker: Einar Halbig, B.A.Sc., Energy Advisor, E3 ECO GROUP 

Topics to be discussed will include: 

• quick review the Step Code metrics (air tightness, MEUI and TEDI) 
• review of Step Code implications, ie no more prescriptive path 
• review of how to show compliance with Step Code to your AHJ 
• new airtightness metrics: NLA and NLR 
• new "house energy target" compared to current EnerGuide Reference House 
• new prescriptive path approach to Step 3 
• dealing with log homes 
• new Greenhouse Gas intensity metric and how to calculate it (Section 9.37) 
• lessons learned from blower fan testing 
• future trends to take advantage of.