University of British Columbia Centre for Sustainability

Building Green with LEED®: LEED Canada for New Construction Rating System 2009

This course will provide an in-depth review of the LEED Canada for New Construction Rating System. It will benefit those professionals involved in the design and construction processes of “green buildings”. Participants will develop their technical proficiency in this latest standard, supporting those planning to write the LEED Professional Accreditation exam with the Building Design + Construction specialty. In addition, current LEED APs will receive all of the continuing education requirements needed to update to the LEED AP BD+C credential. Using a wide range of examples, case studies and resource materials, this course will enable participants to:

• demonstrate technical proficiency with the specific requirements of the LEED Canada NC Rating System 2009;
• recognize the synergies between specific green building strategies;
• work collaboratively within an integrated design process to implement these strategies;
• perform cost-benefit analyses of green building strategies to calculate simple paybacks;
• grasp the limitations of design and the practical application of the rating system; and
• utilize the LEED letter templates and other tools to develop certification documentation.

This 10-session, 36-hour course takes place over eight Thursdays (6:30 – 9:30 p.m.) and two Saturdays (9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.) from October 17 to December 5, 2013 at UBC Robson Square, 800 Granville Street, Vancouver. LEED Green Building Strategies and Green Associate Exam Preparation or experience working in the building industry is recommended prior to taking this course. For more information and to register, click here.

36 Core LUs

University of British Columbia Centre for Sustainability

LEED® Green Building Strategies and Green Associate Exam Preparation

This course will provide comprehensive preparation for the LEED Green Associate examination, a first step towards becoming a “green building practitioner”. The LEED Green Associate credential distinguishes practitioners with a sound knowledge of green design, construction and operations. Designed by the Canada Green Building Council, this course provides an overview of the techniques, approaches, materials and technologies used in the LEED rating systems. Using a wide range of examples, case studies and site visits, it will enable participants to:

• understand the imperative for a green transformation of our built environment;
• explain the key components of the LEED rating system;
• apply core concepts and strategies to achieve success using the LEED rating system; and
• determine where different LEED rating systems can be applied.

No previous experience is required, and participants will be eligible and prepared to write the LEED Green Associate Exam upon successful completion of this course. This 10-session, 36-hour course takes place over four Tuesdays and Thursdays (6:30 – 9:30 p.m.) and two Saturdays (9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.) from October 8 to November 26, 2013, at UBC Robson Square, 800 Granville Street, Vancouver. For more information and to register, click here.

36 Core LUs

University of British Columbia Centre for Sustainability

Passive House Design and Construction

Based on the 2010 international Certified European Passive House (CEPH) training program, this interactive 36-hour course will address the practice and tools needed for Passive House construction. Architects, engineers, builders, sustainability consultants, building code professionals, and others with an interest in “green building” will gain the practical tools and resources needed to adapt this energy-efficient design standard to Canadian building codes. This course is a first step for those aiming to write the professional certification exam, which after passing will merit the Certified Passive House Designer designation. The exam is administered by the Canadian Passive House Institute (CanPHI). This six-session, 36-hour course takes place Monday to Wednesday, October 21-23 and November 4 – 6, 2013, 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. at UBC Robson Square, 800 Granville Street, Vancouver. Coffee and lunch will be provided. For more information and to register, click here.

36 core LUs

2012 – 2014 CES Reporting Period Deadline

Please be advised that the AIBC’s Mandatory Continuing Education System (CES) two-year reporting period began on July 1, 2012 and will end on June 30, 2014. Architects, architectural technologists, residential designers and building designers with a registration date prior to July 1, 2012, are required to report a minimum of 36 learning units (LUs), of which at least 16 must be core. Architects and architectural technologists registered between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013, are required to report a minimum of 18 LUs, of which at least eight must be core. Interim transcripts will be sent by e-mail in July 2013 and January 2014. For details regarding the new two-year reporting requirements, reference Bulletin 80: Mandatory Continuing Education System (CES) Rules and Guidelines. Should you have any questions or require assistance with the online reporting process, contact Professional Development coordinators Aleta Cho at acho@aibc.ca.

Vancouver Island Construction Association

CCDC Design/Build Contract Seminar: CCDC 14 & CCDC 15 (Victoria)

The Canadian Construction Documents Committee will release two new design/build contract forms in July 2013. In preparation of publishing CCDC 14 – Design-Build Stipulated Price Contract and CCDC 15 – Design Services Contract between Design-Builder and Consultant, you are invited to attend a half-day seminar coordinated by the Vancouver Island Construction Association. CCDC representatives will explain the philosophy behind these new contract forms as well as outline important changes to Document 14 – 2000 Design-Build Stipulated Price Contract (CCA, CSC, RAIC) and Document 15 – 2000 Design-Builder/Consultant Contract (CCA, CSC, RAIC). Participants will receive electronic copies of the new contract forms and the accompanying guides (to be released in December 2013). It takes place Monday, June 24, 2013, 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at the Travelodge Hotel, 229 Gorge Road East, Victoria. For further information and to register, click here.

4 Core LUs

Heritage Vancouver Society

A Walking Tour: Vancouver’s Granville & West Georgia Streets

Join Michael Gordon, historian and the City of Vancouver’s Senior Planner for Downtown Vancouver, in exploring two of the city’s most famous streets. In 1886, a Vancouver aldermen and the Canadian Pacific Railway’s land commissioner began to stake out and survey what would become Granville and West Georgia. Today, they remain two of Vancouver’s pre-eminent “high streets”, reflecting many elements that define the city. The tour will begin at Granville Square Plaza (200 Granville), the site of first and second CPR stations overlooking the rail yards and the port. It will highlight the past and current roles of the street as a transit hub, a shopping street, and an office / hotel/ entertainment district as well a centre for culture and neon. The tour will end in the lobby of the Hotel Vancouver. It takes place Saturday, July 27, 2013, 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.. For more information and to register, click here.

2 Core LUs

Heritage Vancouver Society

A Walking Tour: Grandview, West of Commercial Drive

Join Maurice Guibord, a heritage expert and founding board member of Heritage Vancouver, for an exciting tour of one of Vancouver’s most diverse neighborhoods. This little-explored area holds a rich history of early Grandview settlers, multicultural influences, and artistic expressions. Surrounded by industrial and commercial sites, it developed a character of its own, with an eye to the social welfare of its residents and beautification by its creative denizens. This tour takes place Saturday, September 7, 2013, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon. starting at Mosiac Creek Park, 1475 Charles Street, Vancouver. For more information and to register, click here.

2 Non-Core LUs

Heritage Vancouver Society

A Walking Tour: Estates of South Kerrisdale

Join Michael Kluckner – author, artist and Heritage Vancouver’s first president – in exploring Kerrisdale’s century-old estate properties. Family names like Spencer, von Alvensleben, Malkin, Cunliffe, Arnold and Bowser developed large properties, some with renowned gardens, in what was a semi-rural corner of the old municipality of Point Grey. This tour provides an opportunity to learn about the area’s evolving architecture, from the bungalows of the 1920s to the large houses of the 1980s, and consider the new “mini-mansions” that have since filled out the old garden lots. It takes place Saturday, August 10, 2013, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon starting at Elm Park, 5800 Elm Street. For more information and to register, click here.

2 Core LUs

 

Heritage Vancouver Society

A Walking Tour: Delamont – Kitsilano’s Oldest City Block of Houses

Join local historian Bruce MacDonald for a fascinating exploration of Kitsilano’s unique Delamont Park neighbourhood. In 1905, when streetcar service was extended from downtown Vancouver to Kitsilano Beach, home-building began in earnest and Vancouver’s Kitsilano community was born. Bruce’s grandfather moved to Kitsilano seven years later and began working just one block from Delamont. Amongst the blocks and blocks of apartment buildings in today’s east Kitsilano is a small group of houses from those earliest years. In the same way the Vancouver Parks Board has preserved the heritage houses of Mole Hill and the pioneer homes near Barclay Heritage Square Park, it has also protected Victorian homes dating from 1901 in Kitsilano’s Delamont Park area. This tour takes place Sunday August 18, 2013, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. starting at Delamont Park, 2091 West 7th Avenue, Vancouver. For more information and to register, click here.

2 Core LUs

Heritage Vancouver Society

A Planning Tour of Vancouver’s West End

Join Gordon Price, Director of Simon Fraser University’s City Program, for a planning tour of Vancouver’s West End. This part of Vancouver will reveal about eight different architectural stages, from fine wooden mansions to functional wooden walk-ups, not to mention more highrise towers than any other neighbourhood in Canada. But how did it all come about, and why? Your guide will explain some of the planning theory and trends that shaped the West End, as well as some of the lessons to be learned. It takes place Saturday, August 24, 2013, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon starting at Barclay Heritage Square, 1433 Barclay Street. For more information and to register, click here.

2 Core LUs

Heritage Vancouver Society

UBC Campus Heritage Tour: Modern Buildings & Landscapes

Join Gerry McGeough Architect AIBC of the University of British Columbia in touring a number of restored and rehabilitated modern (international-style) buildings and landscapes including the former UBC Faculty Club. Hear about the cultural landscape approach to heritage conservation undertaken by the university, and see examples of how UBC has carried out successful seismic upgrading while preserving the heritage of its buildings. This tour takes place Thursday, September 19, 2013, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. starting at the Leon and Thea Koerner University Centre, 6331 Crescent Road, Vancouver. After the tour, participants are invited to continue the discussion over a pint and some pub food. For more information and to register, click here.

2 Core LUs

Heritage Vancouver Society

First Shaughnessy: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly

Tour First Shaughnessy’s “garden district” with fourth- and fifth-generation residents: Richard Keate, a design consultant, and his daughter Margot Keate West, a conservationist. See the significant architecture that makes this district Vancouver’s only legally recognized “residential historic character area”. Learn about the design features that distinguish these homes as a unique regional response, and hear about the families that shaped them. Discover the role of the First Shaughnessy Advisory Design Panel in reviewing new developments, as well the threats to a heritage stock that has seen the loss of more than 50 character houses. It takes place Saturday, September 22, 2013, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon starting at Angus Park, 3600 Angus Drive, Vancouver. For more information and to register, click here .

2 Core LUs

Call for Nominations: Honouring a Lifetime of Architectural Achievement

Nominations are now being accepted for the AIBC Lifetime Achievement Award, a recent addition to the institute’s volunteer recognition program. This award is intended to recognize current or former B.C. architects who have made exceptional, sustained, and significant contributions to the profession of architecture and its public appreciation in the province through an outstanding, career-long body of work. Consideration will be given to those with notable work across an entire career, generally greater than 25 years. It may be bestowed posthumously.

Nominations are also invited at this time for the institute’s annual AIBC Special Certificate of Recognition and Barbara Dalrymple Memorial Award for Community Service categories. The AIBC Special Certificate of Recognition honours those individuals or firms who have made an exceptional, sustained and significant contribution to the practice or profession of architecture through volunteer activities. The Barbara Dalrymple Memorial Award for Community Service recognizes lifetime or exceptional contributions made by an AIBC architect, other individual registrant, or architectural firm, in the spirit of the former architect’s dedication to positive change and legacy of professional and public service.

Use the following links for detailed information on all three awards, including award criteria and nomination guidelines:

• AIBC Lifetime Achievement Award Nomination Form
• AIBC Special Certificate of Recognition Nomination Form
• Barbara Dalrymple Memorial Award for Community Service Nomination Form

For questions or further information, contact Professional Conduct Coordinator Gayle Roberts at groberts@aibc.ca. Nominations must be received by August 26, 2013.

Disentanglement And Gates

An interactive game of architecture practice
By Greg Hall, Design Intelligence
June 19, 2013

Architecture graduates often hit a wall when they enter the workplace. They’re unprepared for practice realities that place emphasis on practical issues over design. They find the traditionally creative aspects of design, aspects to which they devoted 90 percent of their time and energy, and aspects they derived so much satisfaction from and that fueled their energy for charrettes, suddenly account for only 10 percent of their time and more importantly, a small percentage of their satisfaction. The result of the sudden impact is that many students question if architecture was the right career decision for them. More …

NAFS Compliance for Windows, Doors & Skylights

The 2012 British Columbia Building Code references a new standard for fenestration performance, introducing new concepts and new terminology, and giving architects and specifiers the ability to specify performance and quality attributes with greater precision. For the first time, the performance requirements for listed fenestration products are covered by a single standards document: AAMA/WDMA/CSA 101/I.S.2/A440-08, NAFS North American Fenestration Standard/Specification for windows, doors and skylights. Known in the industry as NAFS and called the Harmonized Standard in the building code, this document represents a significant departure from the standards used in the past. Subsection 9.7.4. of the 2012 BCBC requires windows, doors and skylights to conform to NAFS. This newly-referenced standard may require manufacturers to test a broader range of products. As a result, there may be a temporary shortage of NAFS-conforming products available in the province. Because of this, in April 2013 the provincial government revised the interim regulation permitting windows, doors and skylights to conform to either the 2006 BC Building Code or the 2012 BC Building Code referenced NAFS by extending the allowance period from July 2, 2013 to December 20, 2013.  This temporary delay will allow industry more time to have products tested and manufactured to the new NAFS standard.  Any window, door and skylight installed on or after December 21, 2013 must conform to the new NAFS standard as well as A440S1-09 Canadian Supplement to AAMA/WDMA/CSA 101/I.S.2/A440, NAFS – North American Fenestration Standard/Specification for Windows, Doors, and Skylights. For a more information, click to see the revised Building and Safety Standards Branch bulletin.