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Aaron Spotts July 10, 2020 Building Green, News

How Trusses Can Simplify Your Next Building Project!

Building Roof Trusses on Vancouver Island since 1969. How Roof Trusses can simplify your build on Vancouver Island Our dedicated team at Pacific Truss manufactures roof trusses on Vancouver Island. It’s no secret that an engineered roof structure is essential…

admin October 13, 2016 Building Green

Building Solutions to Climate Change

The CaGBC was invited to provide recommendations in response to the Vancouver Declaration on Clean Growth and Climate Change, which committed Canada to meeting or exceeding the federal government’s 2030 target of a 30 per cent reduction below 2005 levels…

admin October 22, 2015 Building Green

New UBC Student Residence To Be Among World’s Tallest Wood Buildings

One of the tallest wood buildings in the world will soon be constructed at UBC, providing housing for hundreds of students. When completed, the $51.5-million residence building will stand 53 metres tall (about 174 feet). “This beautiful, new tall wood…

admin July 3, 2015 Building Green

Wood Specification Green Building Rating System Guides

The Building Green with Wood Toolkit is a resource when considering building rating systems, maximizing LEED points using wood, codes and any other green-related initiatives. This PDF includes all 10 Wood Specifications – Green Building Rating System Guides. Via Naturally…

admin June 3, 2015 Building Green

Wood Is Energy Efficient

Energy efficiency is one of the cornerstones of green building: roughly 40%-50% of North America’s carbon emissions are attributed to buildings and nearly all of that is the energy they consume. Wood buildings can require less energy to construct and…

admin April 8, 2015 Building Green

Wood as a Restorative Material in Healthcare Environments

David Fell, Forestry Innovation Investment Ltd. and Sally Augustin, Design with Science has released a report that draws the link between the use of wood in the built environment and pro health outcomes. While the study of wood and health is relatively…

admin April 8, 2015 Building Green

Innovative Detail: Wood Innovation and Design Centre

As of last October, the world’s tallest wood building constructed in modern times, using contemporary techniques, could be found on the campus of the University of Northern British Columbia, in the city of Prince George. The eight-story, 96-foot-tall Wood Innovation…

admin February 25, 2015 Building Green

Future of Mid-Rise and Mass Timber Wood Construction in B.C. (Part 5 of 5)

http://youtu.be/cZ6TPFiqEQ8 Advancements in wood technology, systems and products, together. With performance-based building codes have fueled interest in building with mass timber in mid-rise construction and even taller buildings. Developments in both wood frame and mass timber are bringing mid-rise wood…

admin January 28, 2015 Building Green

A Mass Timber Case Study: The Earth Systems Science Building, UBC (Part 4 of 5)

http://youtu.be/z5beJygbTK0 One of the tallest wood buildings in the world will soon be constructed at UBC, providing housing for hundreds of students. The University of British Columbia’s Earth Sciences Building has an extensive and innovative use of cross laminated timber.…

admin December 17, 2014 Building Green

Wood Design and Construction in Mid-Rise Buildings (Part 3 of 5)

http://youtu.be/VCCNdqXKQUY Wood frame construction has shown strength, longevity and stability. When it comes to mid-rise development, architects have a code-compliant, cost-effective resource in wood. Over the years, wood frame construction has shown strength, longevity and stability, and is widely considered…

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