Passive House Vancouver Social - Wednesday Aug 2 - Ice Box Challenge
Event Information
Description
Passive house enthusiasts
We have scheduled an industry night for this Wednesday, August 2nd for you to come and visit with ice box challenge. Here is your opportunity to visit the project and see the changes that have occurred in the first week. I will present on how the ice box challenge was developed and describe the construction process. We built the units off-site at BCIT’s high-performance building lab and transferred the structures, decks, benches, and ramps a few days before the event with the help of Britco Construction. Come down and check out how each structure is handling the summer heat!
We are so grateful to all the supporters and contributors that assisted in making this event happen, so I hope you can join us.
Passive House Canada is running the Ice Box Challenge, with support from the City of Vancouver, Vancity, and members of the local construction and design industry – 475 High Performance Building Supply, BCIT High Performance Building Lab, Britco Construction, Cascadia Windows and Doors, Cornerstone Architecture, Dick’s Lumber, E3 Eco Group, Echoflex Solutions Inc., Euroline Windows, Footprint Sustainable Housing Corporation, Golden Chateau Building Materials Inc., Kingdom Builders, MistyWest, MIZU Passive House Consulting, Modu-Loc Fence Rentals, Multivista, Naikoon Contracting Ltd., Naturally Crafted Contracting Ltd., Open Green Building Society, Polar Bear Ice, Portable Electric, Ritchie Construction, Ryder Architecture, Siga Cover, Slow and Steady Design, Small Planet Supply, Stantec Architecture, Stark Architecture, James A.V. Bligh, Simon Chan, Cu Nguyen, Ria Purnam, Ian Robertson
After the discussion period, we’ll try to find tables next door at the Tap and Barrel Restaurant. We’ll try to wrap things up for those you will be heading to the fireworks.
Details:
1) Review construction details of the ice box challenge
Time: 6:30 to 7:30
Location: Olympic Village Plaza
(just west of the Creekside Community Center which has the address of 1 Athletes Way)
2) Socialize with passive house enthusiasts
Time: 7:30 to 8:30
Location: Tap and Barrel Restaurant
3) Re-visit the ice box challenge as the lights inside each ice box should be clearly visible for you to see the ice
Time: 8:30 to 9:00
Location: Olympic Village Plaza
Please note that fireworks will be held at 10:00pm at English Bay.
For more information on the ice box challenge, please check out www.iceboxchallenge.com
Upcoming Events:
Wednesday August 9th - the City of Vancouver will be visiting the Ice Box Challenge site with information about sea level rise. Drop by between 2:00 and 6:00 P.M. to learn about how sea level rise will impact us here in the region, and what we can all do about it. They’ll be giving away free popsicles to those who submit a pledge to reduce greenhouse gases and slow sea level rise.
Wednesday August 9th – PHPP User Group is meeting for their August session at RDH’s office which is located at 2415 Columbia Street (Watson Building), Vancouver. The event is held from 6:00 to 9:00pm. The topic of discussion is the Vancouver Rezoning Policy and Passive House. This session is for Certified Passive House Designers and Consultants. Professional architects/engineers working on Passive House projects are also welcome. Please RSVP at:
Please contact Kelly Haines at khaines@rdh.com with any questions or comments.
Saturday August 12th – Passive House Social Summer Bike Ride is tentatively planned for cyclists to tour various passive house projects in East Vancouver. Details to follow by the end of this week.
Monday August 14th – Ice Box Challenge will conclude as the shells are removed from both the BC Building Code and Passive House ice boxes. Please come and check out if your guess has won.
If you have any questions or comments regarding these events, please do not hesitate to contact me.
shaun st-amour
footprint sustainable housing corp.
22808 116th Avenue, Maple Ridge, BC V2X 3N6
c: 604-516-9073
step gently, build well
