BC Building Science continued its annual tradition of volunteering at the Vancouver Food Bank. We are glad to take some time out of our day to help out our community.

Andrew Creighton speaking about the Park Lane project. He breaks down the transformation Park Lane residents are experiencing.

BCBS has taken part in the 7^th International Conference and Exhibition on Clean Energy (ICCE 2018) at Laval University, Quebec City, Canada

Our research paper was presented by Dr. Farshid Bagheri in the conference, and published by the International Academy of Energy, Minerals & Materials in the proceeding of ICCE 2018. Access to our paper at: Bagheri – ICCE 2018 Proceedings

Our research paper studied energy use indicators of  Canada’s First Non-Residential Passive House with Daycare Usage.

Our recent hire, Abbas Rangwala, was awarded the BC Building Envelope Council Education Foundation Award for excelling in the Masters in Building Science Program at BCIT, by BCBEC Treasurer Nichole Brackett

Congratulations to Farshid of BC Building Science!  Farshid won a Pecha-Kucha Presentation Award at International Building Performance Simulation Association-BC for his presentation on “The Wonderful World of Energy Modelling”.

At the end of November, Andrew Creighton of BC Building Science became an honourary Centra Cares member when he joined a team of 14 to help build a classroom in the remote mountain village of Marbial, Haiti. Check out the Centra Cares blog to read Andrew’s take on the trip.

BC Building Science is proud to announce that the Okanagan College Daycare became the first Passive Certified Institutional Building in Canada on Monday. Preliminary certification was awarded at the Passive House ‘Net Positive Symposium’ held in Vancouver.

BC Building Science got involved in the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup last Friday by spending an afternoon picking up garbage at Sapperton Landing – a park near our office that runs along the Fraser River.

Last Monday, BCBS volunteered at New Westminster’s branch of the Union Gospel Mission. We helped serve breakfast to around 120 members of the community, and had a good time chatting with everyone involved. It was an honour to give back to our community, and we hope to return!

Congratulations to Jordana of BC Building Science for receiving the Professional Leadership Award for Women in Technology! Thank you to Jason Jung of ASTTBC for coming out to present this award – it recognizes Jordana for distinguishing herself in her field of technology and demonstrating leadership within the Association or local community by serving as a role model and promoting careers in technology.