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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:

  1. Murray Frank, Constructive Home Solutions Inc. (main author)
  2. Jim Baker, Building and Safety Policy Branch, Office of Housing and Construction Standards
  3. Robert Baker, Building Officials' Association of BC
  4. Douglas Bennion, Concrete BC
  5. Farshid Borjian, Masonry Institute of BC
  6. Remi Charron, BC Housing
  7. Steve Copp, Steve Copp Construction
  8. Jason Davis, Progressive Warranty
  9. Bob Deeks, RDC Fine Homes
  10. Graham Finch, RDH Building Science
  11. Maura Gatensby, Architectural Institute of BC
  12. James Higgins, RDH Building Science
  13. Denisa Ionescu, BC Housing
  14. Robert Jonkman, Canadian Wood Council
  15. Jason Jung, Applied Science Technologists and Technicians of BC
  16. Richard Kadulski, Richard Kadulski Architect
  17. Laurence Matzek, Roofing Contractors Association of BC
  18. Zachary May, Building and Safety Policy Branch, Office of Housing and Construction Standards
  19. Ross Monsour, Concrete Ontario
  20. Ralph Moore, Aviva Canada
  21. Don Munich, Travelers Guarantee
  22. Dave Ricketts, RDH Building Science
  23. John Riley, Intercoast Builds
  24. Manjit Sohi, Building Officials' Association of BC
  25. Jieying Wang, FPInnovations

BC Envelope Guide and ICF Construction