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Climate Changed: How homebuilders and residents are adapting to a warming world

Brenna Owen – THE CANADIAN PRESS Nov 8, 2022

VANCOUVER – The two-storey family home with a classic design and wooden cladding blends in with its neighbours, but its thick, insulated walls, airtightness, solar panels, heat pump and highly efficient windows make it a home built for a…

Construction

Billions needed to prepare buildings for climate change

Jennifer Henderson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Jul 26, 2022

ALBERT GAZETTE Changing buildings to make them more weather resistant will save money and lives in the long run, says one expert. In the wake of another summer of extreme weather events, including another fire raging near Lytton B.C.…

Building Design

The cheaper we build our buildings, the more they cost after an earthquake, wildfire or tornado

Keith Porter, Western University Jun 17, 2022

Several people were injured and homes destroyed after tornadoes touched down in Barrie, Ont., in July 2021. (Duckdave/Wikimedia), CC BY-SA Keith Porter, Western University A tornado cut a 270-kilometre path through Kentucky in…

Construction

City steps to national forefront of embodied carbon reduction research

Timothy Schafer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Jun 13, 2022

THE NELSON DAILY With the release of a new report the city has become one of the leading municipalities in the nation when it comes to addressing embodied carbon in the building of residential homes. People are tuning into the…

Building

Too little, too late? The devastating consequences of natural disasters must inform building codes

Anastasia Athanasiou, Concordia University Nov 10, 2021

Destroyed buildings in San Francisco, Calif., after the 1906 earthquake. (H.D. Chadwick/Wikimedia Commons) Anastasia Athanasiou, Concordia University Steady population growth and the accompanying rise in urban density increases the…

Building Design

Hurricane straps keep roofs on houses and can improve safety during tornadoes

Gregory Kopp, Western University Sep 2, 2021

Some of the worst damage from the EF-2 tornado that struck the Ontario city of Barrie on July 15. (Northern Tornadoes Project), Author provided Gregory Kopp, Western University Many people think of a well-built house as one where the…

Construction

Federal scientists study how to adapt building codes to climate change

Bob Weber - THE CANADIAN PRESS Jan 7, 2020

When storm winds howl and rivers flood, buildings take the brunt. And as climate change makes all kinds of extreme weather more frequent and more destructive, scientists at the National Research Council are trying to figure out how to…

Real Estate

Changes to B.C. building code address secondary suites, energy efficiency

The Canadian Press Nov 22, 2019

VICTORIA – The British Columbia government has announced changes to the building code that expand options for secondary suites in multi-family buildings. The change will give local governments the choice to allow secondary suites in…

Building

New standard recommended in response to high-wind damage to Canadian homes

Building Apr 25, 2019

A report from the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) and the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) recommends the development of a new national standard of Canada on wind resilience to mitigate residential and small building…

Building

B.C. building code adjusted upwards to allow 12 storey wood buildings

The Canadian Press Mar 14, 2019

OKANAGAN FALLS, B.C. – The height limit for wood buildings in British Columbia is rising to 12 from six storeys in a move that Premier John Horgan expects to spur development using timber and give the province a headstart on other parts of…

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