In January, tenants will move into a six-storey Vancouver apartment building designed to be so energy efficient, you could heat each bedroom with a 100-watt light bulb.
Boasting a total of 85 studio, one- and two-bedroom units, The Heights at 388 Skeena St. will be the largest «passive house» building in Canada.
But it won’t hold that distinction for long. Others are under construction and many more are at the rezoning stage, including a residence that will house 750 students at the University of Toronto’s Scarborough campus and two 40-plus highrise towers in Vancouver that aim be the tallest passive house buildings in the world.
Passive houses are green buildings constructed using a set of international design principles and standards that allow them to use up to 90 per cent less energy for heating and cooling than conventional buildings — and produce far fewer greenhouse gas emissions.
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