Architecture
Artificial intelligence and high performance design are transforming and revitalizing architecture, while renewing existing materials and specifying new lower carbon materials provides new enthusiasm for achieving net zero goals. Join your industry colleagues for a host of AIBC Learning Hour approved seminars at BUILDEX in February.
FEATURED ARCHITECTURE EXHIBITORS
Amico Architectural Metals – Booth 801
Eclipse Architectural -Booth 1025
Longboard Architectural Products - Booth 1017
Barkman Concrete Ltd. - Booth 730
ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions- Booth 504
FEATURED ARCHITECTURE SESSIONS
Wednesday, February 14
W02: Designing for Compliance with the BC Energy Step Code: How is the Zero Carbon Step Code Changing our Built Environment?
9:00AM – 10:00AM
W16: Building Vancouver's Pioneer Mass Timber and Passive House High-Rise
10:30AM – 11:30PM
Sponsor: British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)
W22: Innovation, Digitization, and Improvements for City of Vancouver’s Permitting Process
11:45 AM – 12:45PM
Sponsor: Constellation Homebuilder Systems
W28: The Embodied Carbon of Materials: The Impact of Transport, Sourcing and Supply Chains
1:00PM- 2:00PM
Presenting Partner: Carbon Leadership Forum (CLF)
W42: Disassembly by Design: Playing the Long Game
2:30PM- 4:00PM
Thursday, February 15
T01: Building Capacity: Overcoming the Biggest Local Barriers to Prefab Mass Timber in BC
9:00AM – 10:00AM
Sponsor: LABTEST
T19: FNHA: Honoring First Nation Building Design Concepts Through Contemporary Materials & Architecture
10:30AM – 11:30AM
Sponsor: naturally:wood
T23: Architecture Keynote: Design Solutions for the Housing Crisis
11:45PM – 12:45PM
Sponsor: British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)
FREE TO ATTEND
T27: Decarbonizing BC’s First All-Electric, Net-Zero Hospital
1:00PM – 2:00PM
T39: Design Strategies and Regulatory Approaches to Tackle Overheating and Ensure Future Climate Resilience in MURBs in Southwest British Columbia
2:30PM – 3:30PM
BUILDEX ARCHITECTURAL KEYNOTE

Session T23 - Architecture Keynote: Design Solutions for the Housing Crisis
Thursday, February 15
11:45AM – 12:45PM
Location: Tradeshow Floor- BUILDEX Mainstage (Booth 843)
Sponsor: BCIT
FREE TO ATTEND
MUST ATTEND SHOW FEATURES
Buildings. More Solutions, Less Carbon.
NEW for 2024: Join a stream of educational content from the Zero Emissions Innovation Centre (ZEIC) building decarbonization programs: Building to Electrification Coalition (B2E), CLF British Columbia, and ZEBx. Discover how to best use B.C. Hydro's low carbon electricity to decarbonize residential and commercial buildings, how embodied carbon is transforming the building industry, and what City of Vancouver's upcoming requirements to measure and report energy and emissions mean for the built environment.
Dates and times:
Wed., February 14, 9:00am – 3:30pm
Thu., February 15, 9:00am – 3:30pm
BC Wood Pavilion
The BC Wood Pavilion at BUILDEX features locally sourced and produced wood products from some of BC’s top manufacturers and suppliers. Come and visit the show floor to learn more about innovative wood architecture and engineering, BC’s forest resources, wood industry advancements and services, and more.
Dates and times:
Wed., February 14, 9:30am – 5:00pm
Thu., February 15, 9:30am – 4:00pm
Con-Ed Credits Available
Con-Ed Credits Available from:
