BC Energy Step Code - Next Steps

Currently, the District’s building bylaw requires compliance with the lower steps of the Step Code, which for residential construction like new homes, would be Step 3. Council supports the review of the upper steps, and that means that staff will be engaging with construction industry stakeholders through information sessions and (hopefully) in-person workshops over the next few months.

The purpose of the engagement process is to facilitate collaboration between local governments in the CRD and the building and development industry to determine how to best use the Step Code to meet government climate action targets while providing industry predictability and consistency.

There are three key objectives of the engagement:

• Establish a cohort of municipalities who intend to participate in the engagement, and who are interested in adopting additional Step Code requirements to accelerate GHG reduction from new construction
• Develop a fulsome understanding of the opportunities and challenges associated with a variety of Step Code adoption scenarios by providing varied opportunities for feedback from industry members
• Identify a preferred adoption scenario for Council's in the CRD to consider through a collaborative solutions-oriented process.

Join us for one of two virtual Industry Workshop/Information Sessions:

• Part 3 Industry Workshop – Wednesday, March 2, 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm Register here
• Part 9 Industry Workshop – Wednesday, March 9, 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm Register here