Training & Events

Stay up to date with workshops, courses, webinars and events designed to help you learn about best construction practices, high performance buildings, and provincial regulations such as the Energy Step Code.

Following is a list of upcoming training opportunities offered in the Regional District of Central Kootenay. To register or for additional details, please contact the training provider directly.

UPCOMING EVENTS AND COURSES 

 

RDCK Information Sessions: New 2024 BC Building Code:

The RDCK building inspection service provided an information session on the new 2024 BC Building Code:

Any permits submitted on or after March 8, 2024 will be applicable to the 2024 Code.

FireSmart contractor training

Ongoing

Contractors, landscapers, arbourists and forest-fuel management professionals are invited to attend a 1-hour training session to be added to our list of RDCK FireSmart Contractors. The list is to connect RDCK residents who have had a FireSmart assessment with qualified contractors capable of completing the recommended FireSmart mitigation work. To apply for an upcoming training session, complete this form and send it to firesmart@rdck.bc.ca.

Improve Your Home's Energy Efficiency: The retrofit journey 

Webinars from September 11 to December 4

Are you interested in learning more about retrofitting your home to make it more comfortable, healthier, and energy efficient? Join Community Energy Association and retrofit industry experts for a free webinar series geared towards community members wanting to learn more about home energy retrofits. Follow this link for more information and to register.

    • Understanding Your Home: A whole home approach to energy efficiency (September 11)
    • DIY Air Sealing: The best bang for your buck (October 2)
    • Prioritizing Your Upgrades: What to do first… and second (October 23)
    • Understanding and managing your home's electrical load (November 13)
    • Heat Pumps: Everything you need to know for your home (December 4)

Building science for retrofits

September 18 to November 13

Offered by BCIT, the Building Science for Retrofits course introduces the fundamentals of building science for retrofits and upgrades for homes in rural communities. This multi-session course will be offered online and is free for eligible participants. Apply by August 23.

Simplifying Complex Carbs: Examining the Zero Carbon Step Code 

Cranbrook on September 20 and in Nelson on October 30, 2024

Join the Canadian Home Builders’ Association of BC to dive into the intricacies of the BC Zero Carbon Step Code, what it is, where it stands and why it matters. This is a 7-hour in-person course. 

As part of the Kootenay Clean Energy Transition project, Community Energy Association is offering a $100 subsidy for participants from the Regional Districts of Kootenay Boundary, Central Kootenay, and East Kootenay, and those joining from the Columbia Basin Trust Region. The $100 subsidy, available only for enrollments for Nelson and Cranbrook, is to be refunded after the class.

RECORDED WEBINARS

BCBC 2018 Code Changes - Information Session
As of  May 1, 2023, BC has mandated an increase in the base energy efficiency requirement for new buildings by 20 per cent over an equivalent 2018 base building. This is equivalent to Step 3 for Part 9 (simple) buildings, and Step 2 for Part 3 (complex) buildings. Please see the Step Code page for more information.

On April 13, 2023, the RDCK and RDKB co-hosted a webinar detailing these changes. The recorded webinar can be see on the RDKB website.

Kootenay Clean Energy Transition - Information Sessions for Contractors
The Clean Energy Transition has been hosting webinars for contractors and homeowners on topics relating to energy efficiency in new and existing homes. You can access the recorded webinars at www.shiftshappening.ca.

Home Performance Stakeholder Council – Energy Retrofits Training
The Home Performance Stakeholder Council (HPSC) is a not-for-profit society that supports the growth of the home performance industry in BC. The HPSC offers free online training with the goal to enrol retrofit contractors in their Home Performance Contractor Network (HPCN). HPCN registration is valuable as homeowners are required to work with a HPCN registered contractor in order to qualify for CleanBC home energy efficiency rebates.

CEA Building A Legacy Webinar Series:
CEA Building A Legacy Webinar Series put on a series of webinars in 2022 on high performance building and Step Code. Recordings of these webinars can be seen on their ‘Building a Legacy Toolkit’ website, along with some other great resources at: https://www.communityenergy.ca/bal/.

You can access webinars on these topics:
• Marketing High Performance Homes
• Building a House as a System: Achieving Net Zero in Cranbrook, BC
• Residential Solar PV Systems: Demystified
• Cold Climate Heat Pumps: Mysteries Unraveled
• Working with an Energy Advisor
• Mechanical System Solutions (3 Part series)
• Enclosure & Airtightness Solutions

BCIT Zero Energy/Emissions Buildings Learning Centre
Online webinars and microcredentials available on zero emissions construction and high performance building.

BC Housing Learning on Demand
E-learning modules on several ‘Building Smart’ topics, including: insulating walls and roofs, airtightness, indoor environmental quality, evaluating thermal comfort, etc.

 

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