Download the Residential section of the Green Building Action Plan.
Residential building requirements are shown in the Tier System below:
TIER | DESCRIPTION | AREA/BUDGET | GREEN BUILDING REQUIREMENT |
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Tier 1A |
New Buildings: Multi-unit residential buildings or mixed-use/residential (less than 10%: commercial, flex use and or/community facilities) |
>1000 m2 |
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Tier 1B | Institutional Buildings: Stadium, daycare etc. | >1000 m2 | See Institutional Tier System |
Green Building Action Plan Component Areas
There eight distinct but interrelated component areas for the Green Building Action Plan:
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Energy
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Water
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Materials & Resources
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Biodiversity
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Health & Wellbeing
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Quality
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Climate Adaptation
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Place & Experience
Residential Environmental Assessment Program (REAP) 3.3
REAP 3.3 applies to projects that have applied for development permit after June 29th 2023.
Neighbourhood Low Carbon Energy Strategy (NLCES)
The NLCES will define how UBC’s future neighbourhoods achieve resilient and low carbon developments through a combination of supply- and demand-side measures.
Neighbourhood Climate Action Plan (NCAP)
UBC’s Neighbourhood Climate Action Plan will provide the policy directions, targets and actions to put us on an accelerated pathway to net zero emissions while increasing our resilience to the effects of climate change in the university neighborhoods on the Vancouver campus.