Hot take · 43:55
// THE QUOTE
“let's acknowledge that a code is the minimum legal requirement to build to”
— Lara Ryan · Lara Ryan Design
Clean reframe plus the Q Lofts condo owner whose fees are rock-bottom. Ties 'code is the floor' to a named local building in a tight window.
Full episode at 43:55Why Atlantic Canada Is Already Behind on Net Zero — and What BC Got Right | BuildGreen Atlantic Panel ▸
THE LESSON THIS CLIP CARRIES
Code is the legal minimum — building above code should be the industry’s default expectation, and government’s role is simply to adopt and enforce codes already agreed to, not waffle on timelines.
“a code is the minimum legal requirement to build to … we should be building above code constantly”
THE CHAPTER IT LIVES IN
Code lag, thermal bridges, and the design profession’s detail libraries
41:00
Clips like this, every two weeks.
SOURCE: 43:55 of Why Atlantic Canada Is Already Behind on Net Zero — and What BC Got Right | BuildGreen Atlantic Panel