Working to rapidly accelerate the knowledge, capacity and passion for zero-emissions buildings in Vancouver and British Columbia.

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Who We Serve

What is your role in the building industry? We’re confident ZEBx has resources and events to help with your journey to zero emissions.

Architects / Designers

Developers

Government

Builders / Contractors

Consultants

Industry Associations

ZEBx is part of ZEIC

ZEBx is part of the Zero Emission Innovation Centre (ZEIC). ZEIC is part of the Low Carbon Cities Canada (LC3) network established by the Government of Canada and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. ZEIC’s mandate is to catalyze, accelerate and scale climate action related to green buildings, renewable energy and transportation through a combination of impact investing, granting, partnerships, research and capacity-building.

Other ZEIC Decarbonization Programs

The BC Retrofit Accelerator will kick-start climate and energy upgrades in hundreds of larger buildings across British Columbia, benefiting owners and tenants.

  • Energy upgrades
  • Decarbonization planning
  • Strata energy advisor

The Building to Electrification Coalition (B2E) works to address electrification barriers and take actions to contribute to a meaningful market shift to low carbon building electrification.

  • Operational emissions
  • Building electrification
  • Heat pumps

The Carbon Leadership Forum BC (CLF BC) is the regional Centre of Excellence for low carbon building design, with focus on embodied carbon, the circular economy and building life cycles.

  • Embodied carbon
  • Circular economy
  • Whole-building life cycle

NearZero is a Metro Vancouver home decarbonization research and incentive program, with streams for embodied emissions, domestic hot water and near zero emissions in buildings.

  • Embodied emissions
  • Domestic hot water
  • Near-zero emissions

ZEBx Numbers

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Events


Join our monthly events to listen and ask questions to industry experts
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Podcasts


Listen to our past events. On all major platforms including Spotify and Apple.
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Reports & Playbooks


We work with building industry leaders to bring you game-changing playbooks
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Case Studies


Read examples of how the industry is making the change to zero emissions
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Industry Collaborations


If you’re interested in working with us, get in touch.

Territorial Acknowledgement

ZEIC acknowledges and is honored to work on the unceded and traditional lands of the q̓ic̓əy̓(Katzie), qʼʷa:n̓ƛʼən̓(Kwantlen), kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), qiqéyt (Qayqayt), sɛmiˈɑːmu(Semiahmoo), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), stɔːloʊ (Sto:lo), sc̓əwaθən məsteyəxʷ (Tsawwassen), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh).