Permits & Process

What is the BC Energy Step Code and how does it affect new home construction?

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The BC Energy Step Code is a mandatory provincial regulation in British Columbia that sets a performance-based pathway for new buildings to achieve increasingly higher levels of energy efficiency, with the ultimate goal of all new construction being net-zero energy-ready by 2032.

The BC Energy Step Code is a mandatory provincial regulation in British Columbia that sets a performance-based pathway for new buildings to achieve increasingly higher levels of energy efficiency, with the ultimate goal of all new construction being net-zero energy-ready by 2032. It directly affects new home construction by requiring builders to meet specific energy performance targets, rather

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