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The Alberta Building Code 2006 [16] was adopted by provincial regulation on 2 September 2007. [17] The National Building Code – 2019 Alberta Edition came into force on December 1, 2019. [18] This code is based on the National Building Code of Canada 2015. It establishes design and construction standards, including barrier-free access in new ...
The strategy commits signatories to develop and adopt increasingly stringent model building codes, starting in 2020, with the goal that provinces and territories adopt a "net-zero energy ready" model building code by 2030. [12]
Model building code; N. Nepal Building Codes; NZS 3604; P. Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change; R. Residential Design Codes (Western Australia)
The Canadian Home Builders' Association (CHBA) is a not-for-profit organization representing residential construction and related industry firms in Canada. It was founded in 1943, following closely the adoption of the National Building Code of Canada in 1941, and today claims a membership of over 9000.
A model building code is a building code that is developed and maintained by a standards organization independent of the jurisdiction responsible for enacting the building code. A local government can choose to adopt a model building code as its own. This saves local governments the expense and trouble of developing their own codes.
The International Code Council (ICC), also known as the Code Council, is an American nonprofit standards organization sponsored by the building trades, which was founded in 1994 through the merger of three regional model code organizations in the American construction industry. [1]
The Canadian LEED for Homes rating system was released on March 3, 2009. In March 2006, Canada's first green building point of service, Light House Sustainable Building Centre, [2] opened on Granville Island in the heart of Vancouver, BC. A destination for the public and professionals alike, the Light House resource centre is funded by Canadian ...
The BC Energy Step Code is a provincial regulation that local governments in British Columbia, Canada, may use, if they wish, to incentivize or require a level of energy efficiency in new construction that goes above and beyond the requirements of the base building code. It is an example of a "stretch code," or "reach code," in that it is an ...