Mark your calendars! – EDUCATION SUMMIT 2025 returns on October 8–9, 2025! Check out the Summit page below for details!
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This webinar series covers key building science principles for energy-efficient retrofits and new construction. Topics include renovating historical walls, optimizing window selection for energy and comfort, and designing low-load homes with modern solutions.
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In-Person Adopted in the BC Building Code 2024 are new Part 9 bracing requirements for wood frame construction, coming into effect on March 10, 2025. This session will cover the important upcoming changes.
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Online This webinar series covers key building science principles for energy-efficient retrofits and new construction. Topics include renovating historical walls, optimizing window selection for energy and comfort, and designing low-load homes with modern solutions.
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Online This webinar looks into the building science implications when renovating historical walls-masonry and wood frame. Clear approaches to design priorities when planning for enclosure retrofits and the technologies that can assist in construction.
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Online New designs with more glass, more glazing options, energy and carbon targets and occupant satisfaction makes window selection a big challenge but also a very large opportunity!
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Online What defines a low-load home? Why do old air design principles fall short of meeting comfort expectations? What design and technology options are available for such homes?
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Online In this interactive workshop, we will focus on 3 core areas to help you build a successful path to sustainable business growth.
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Online A no-BS roadmap for faster construction projects, happier customers, and chunkier net profits.
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Online In this interactive workshop, you’ll develop critical customer service and negotiation skills to build lasting relationships with potential and existing clients.
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Online Do you understand the “house-as-a-system” to design energy-efficient and green renovations and retrofits?
Learn skills and tools to incorporate green building and energy-efficient design successfully in your renovation and retrofit projects.
Online Project management is an essential skill when taking a construction plan from start to finish. Knowing how to assess risk, map out timelines and budgets, and plan for procurement are just a few aspects of managing a building project – big or small – to a successful completion. This suite of 7 Project Management courses will give you all the tools you need to put an array of project management skills into practice.
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Online This session covers the process to design an effective sales and marketing strategy to better promote your business, earn referrals and sell new projects.
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Online Learn the most common construction defects based on actual housing projects.
This three-hour course will explain how defects are recognized, typical causes, and offer solutions and prevention strategies to help builders reduce future callbacks.
In-Person This new training course specifically focuses on the limitations and challenges contractors face when undertaking enclosure retrofits on existing homes. Contrary to new builds, retrofits come with many challenges from unknowns, including as-built products and materials, occupied conditions, phasing limitations, and existing structural configurations. These challenges must be met with creativity, adaptation, and a strong knowledge of best-practice retrofit solutions.
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Online CHBA BC’s online eLearning courses, BC Energy Step Code Training – Modules 1 to 8 – Course Bundle, will satisfy the full set of education requirements set by BC Housing specific to BC Energy Step Code training.
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Online Module 1 of the BC Step Code Training Course reviews the importance of building housing in BC that responds to climate change through energy efficiency, durability, and comfort, for a diverse range of occupants.
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Online Module 2 of the BC Step Code Training Course provides an overview of how architectural and mechanical design choices can have a significant impact on certain building performance parameters, which can either help or hinder compliance as well as impact overall cost.
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Online Module 3 of the BC Step Code Training Course builds on the basic building science principles and applies them to evolving and emerging enclosure design and construction practices required to meet the “envelope first” approach.
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Online Module 4 of the BC Step Code Training Course introduces you to the different options you have to achieve higher performance levels when it comes to building assemblies and their interfaces.
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Online Module 5 of the BC Step Code Training Course is designed to help you consider the impact of the BC Energy Step Code on air barriers, including identifying appropriate air barrier solutions, and understanding correct design and installation practices to manage the planning, installation, and testing of performance.
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Online Module 6 of the BC Step Code Training Course addresses mechanical systems as they pertain to the BC Energy Step Code.
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Online Module 7 of the BC Step Code Training Course consists of 9 lessons, each targeting a specific learning objective that addresses quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) as they pertain to the BC Energy Step Code.
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Online Module 8 of the BC Step Code Training Course is designed to help the learner recognize the design and construction factors that contribute to the success of a building project in meeting BCESC requirements, staying on budget and on schedule, and maintaining working relationships, as well as integrating broad project management and QA/QC tools to lower the risk of missing project goals.
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Online This course provides an overview of how architectural and mechanical design choices can have a significant impact on building performance compliance as well as the overall cost to meet the BC Energy Step Code.
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Online This 5-module course is designed to provide you with an understanding of the purpose of air, vapour, and weather barriers. In this course we review the differences between components, what the functions and benefits are, and best practices for installation to increase the durability of a home and reduce warranty call backs.
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Online The goal of this course is to provide renovators like you with an introduction to the basic knowledge needed to perform your job as a business owner or manager.
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Online This 9 lesson module introduces the concept of building enclosure control layers, including the water control layer, and review potential outcomes of poor water management that builders can avoid by implementing the 4D’s principle.
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Online This 8 lesson module introduces the concept of building enclosure control layers, including the air control layer, and review potential outcomes of poor airtightness that builders can avoid by implementing an appropriate air barrier system and quality assurance tactics.
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Online This 7 lesson module discusses the thermal control layer and reviews the importance of thermal control to reduce moisture accumulation risks within the enclosure.
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Online The course provides learners with a thorough understanding of the foundational learning related to window and door retrofit, focusing on meeting the priorities and needs of the construction industry. Key introductory topics include visual assessments, regulatory requirements, energy performance product features, building codes, barriers exterior conditions windows/doors.
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Online Recording This podcast help you gain a clearer understanding of how to assess wildfire risks, implement practical fire-resistant measures, and advocate for policies that promote wildfire resilience in Canada.
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Online Recording This session will take a detailed look at how the Carbon Step Code works, what options are available for homes in Metro Vancouver and potential allowances for high carbon fuels.
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Online Recording This thought-provoking session will introduce members to the diverse experiences of disability and the principles that construction professionals can bring to their work to support the building of environments that are accessible for everyone.
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Online Recording This hour-long podcast includes discussion on airtightness and the steps to consider, from planning to execution, on maintaining air barrier continuity. Join them as they discuss real life, hands-on best practices on how to incorporate planning, detailing, and onsite trades for successfully maintaining the air barrier around framing transitions.
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Online Recording Are you aware of the BC Building Code 2024 changes to bracing to resist lateral loads due to earthquake and wind will impact all Part 9 housing? This session will explain the upcoming BCBC2024 braced wall requirements and impacts on Part 9 housing.
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Online Recording This session will focus on climate change and its direct impact on the building industry. This session will also offer builders a chance to go behind the scenes of the insurance industry to learn more about how damages from climate change impact costs.
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Online Recording Are you ready for the next edition of the BC Building Code (BCBC), or thinking of building small-scale multi-unit housing projects? Registered Building Official, Ken Kunka, will walk you through key changes for BCBC 2024 that come into effect on March 8, 2024. The webinar will cover a discussion on existing and potential challenges.
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Online Recording This video recording is Part 1 of 3 of the full day session. The entire 3 part video series takes a deeper dive into the BC Energy Step Code metrics for Part 9 buildings and how to achieve Step 3 and higher through design and building techniques to build better and minimize costs.
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Online Recording This video recording is Part 2 of 3 of the full day session. The entire 3 part video series takes a deeper dive into the BC Energy Step Code metrics for Part 9 buildings and how to achieve Step 3 and higher through design and building techniques to build better and minimize costs.
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Online Recording This video recording is Part 3 of 3 of the full day session. The entire 3 part video series takes a deeper dive into the BC Energy Step Code metrics for Part 9 buildings and how to achieve Step 3 and higher through design and building techniques to build better and minimize costs.
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