BC Building Envelope Guide for Houses
This guide is intended to provide information and guidance on minimum building standards to the design
and construction of the building envelope as described
under Part 9 of the 2018 BC Building Code (BCBC) and the 20199 Vancouver Building By-Law (VBBL). In
addition, it provides notes describing what is considered to be
improved or best practice that goes above and beyond the minimum standrd as set out under the building
code.
The BC Energy Step Code is a provincial regulation that provides an incremental and consistent approach
to achieving more energy
efficient buildings that go beyond the requirements of the BCBC.
For a copy of the CLEB report comparing the performance of a standard ICF wall (2.5 inches
of EPS on each side of the concrete wall) to a 2x4 insulated stud wall, please
click here
.
Team Effort to Produce the Guide
This guide is 570 pages long and provides exceptional information to any home builder wanting to improve
the quality and energy performance of his (or her) builds.
Our hats go off to the following author, reviewers and contributors:
- Murray Frank,
Constructive Home Solutions Inc. (main author)
- Jim Baker,
Building and Safety Policy Branch, Office of
Housing and Construction Standards
- Robert Baker, Building Officials'
Association of BC
- Douglas Bennion,
Concrete BC
- Farshid Borjian,
Masonry Institute of BC
- Remi Charron,
BC Housing
- Steve Copp, Steve Copp Construction
- Jason Davis, Progressive
Warranty
- Bob Deeks,
RDC Fine Homes
- Graham Finch, RDH Building
Science
- Maura Gatensby, Architectural Institute
of BC
- James Higgins,
RDH Building Science
- Denisa Ionescu,
BC Housing
- Robert Jonkman, Canadian Wood Council
- Jason Jung, Applied Science
Technologists and Technicians of
BC
- Richard Kadulski, Richard Kadulski Architect
- Laurence Matzek,
Roofing Contractors Association of
BC
- Zachary May,
Building and Safety Policy Branch, Office of
Housing and Construction Standards
- Ross Monsour,
Concrete Ontario
- Ralph Moore, Aviva Canada
- Don Munich, Travelers Guarantee
- Dave Ricketts,
RDH Building Science
- John Riley, Intercoast
Builds
- Manjit Sohi, Building Officials'
Association of BC
- Jieying Wang,
FPInnovations