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Panel Discussion 7: Hosted by Jessica Woolliams

Resilient Buildings in BC: Barriers & Enablers for Adaptation & Risk Reduction.

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Territorial Acknowledgement

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https://native-land.ca/

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Panelists

Wilma Leung

Senior Manager, Technical Research & Education at BC Housing

Harshan Radhakrishnan, Manager, Climate & Sustainability Initiatives, EGBC

Tina Neale

Executive Director Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation

Daniel Clarke,

Architect, AIBC

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Context & Questions

  • Guidance & Tools
  • Holistic Solutions
  • Disaster Risk Reduction: Performance Measurement & Standards
  • Barriers & Enablers

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Regulatory Landscape

  • Changes are coming to the national code
  • Local changes have already started 🡪 using future climate data is already required in many cases
  • Climate change is a well-known risk that must be accounted for – codes are minimum requirements

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Professional Practice Resources

Visit: www.egbc.ca/guidelines and www.egbc.ca/climateportal

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2019

2020

2021

2022

Supported Implementation of “Future Shifted Weather Files”

Published Design Guide on Overheating and Air Quality to Complement Energy Step Code

Climate Ready Housing Design Guide v.1

Provided climate resilience technical support to 10+ major pilot projects

CleanBC + Climate Change Accountability Act + Climate Preparedness & Adaptation Strategy

BC Climate Resilience Framework and Standards for Public Sector Buildings v.1

Homeowner Protection Act: Research, Education & Licensing

Published Discussion Primers on All Climate Risks

BC Gov funded R2B study on barriers & enablers

BC Housing/MBAR received NRCan research grant

2023

R2B Toolkit for Local Gov v.1

BOK, Digital Library & Peer Roundtables

MBAR started as a Research Initiative

MBAR being redefined as an Innovation Program

More Resilient Buildings & Homes Quicker

MBAR is funded by BC Housing, the Province of BC, NRCan, BC Hydro, City of Vancouver, and the Lower Mainland Health Organizations, with participation and contribution from over 30 organizations, including national, provincial, and local agencies; and industry partners.

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Removing barriers and adding enablers will involve many actors

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  • the importance of collaboration and of each actor playing their role
  • commitment (or at least thoughts) about what each organization can / will contribute to advance the issue
  • examples to support overcoming barriers
    • through leadership in public sector procurement e.g. at BC Housing
    • use of contracting that supports integrated design and delivery
    • supporting / undertaking research on retrofit programs
    • assessing innovative materials and technologies

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Context & Questions

  • Guidance & Tools
  • Disaster Risk Reduction: Performance Measurement & Standards
  • Barriers & Enablers
  • Holistic Solutions

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