Hot take · 44:39
// THE QUOTE
“when the 2020 code went out for public consultation it had mandatory blower door testing in it”
— Lara Ryan · Lara Ryan Design
Sharp policy indictment: mandatory blower-door testing was pulled under pushback, and Engineers Canada says we've already missed 2030. Complete cause-and-effect punch.
Full episode at 44:39Why 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: 44:39 of Why Atlantic Canada Is Already Behind on Net Zero — and What BC Got Right | BuildGreen Atlantic Panel