The Pembina Institute organized a media tour of an exciting green building under construction in Vancouver. The Heights, a six-storey, 85-unit market rental residential building, is being built to super energy efficient specifications — targeting Passive House certification.
The architect, builder, developer, and experts from the City of Vancouver, Passive House Canada, and Pembina Institute were on site to talk about the mixed-use project and how it relates to the city’s Zero Emissions Building Plan, B.C.’s climate plan, and the pan-Canadian framework on clean growth and climate change.
Photos: Passive House tour 2016 on Flickr
Media release: Vancouver is ground zero for low-carbon buildings boom in North America
Media advisory: Canada’s largest Passive House green building is coming to Vancouver
Report: Accelerating Market Transformation for High-Performance Building Enclosures
Join the conversation on Twitter: #PassiveHouseYVR @Pembina
Media coverage
Global B.C.: Heat it with a hair dryer: ‘Passive homes’ on the rise in Vancouver (video)
Global Okanagan: Living without a furnace, Passive Housing on the rise in B.C. (video)
CBC News: Vancouver leads North America in certified ultra-efficient buildings, says new report
Georgia Straight: Green Living: Passive-house project in East Vancouver sets new city standard for green buildings
Metro: Builders tour Canada's largest 'Passive House' in Vancouver
Vancouver Courier: East Side apartment complex will be country's largest Passive House building
Journal of Commerce: Vancouver passive house project shows energy-efficient future (video)
Sustainable Biz Canada: The Passive House boom is underway
Skyrise Cities: New Vancouver Housing Development Could Become Canada's Largest Passive House
Xinhua News Agency: Passive house under construction in Vancouver
Roundhouse Radio: New Vancouver rental building helping city meet climate change targets
Related events
- Pathways to Net-Zero Buildings (November 28 to 29, 2016)
- Green building tour for Earth Day (April 13, 2016)
