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VANCOUVER – A survey from the Zero Emissions Innovation Centre (ZEIC) in Vancouver of over 100 British Columbia construction industry stakeholders indicates support for current municipal and provincial climate regulations.

The regulations include the province-wide Step Code and the city-based Vancouver Building Bylaw, a ZEIC release said.

“British Columbia’s building industry say they are stepping up to deliver on climate-friendly, energy-efficient new homes, which are seeing rapidly growing market demand. Provincial and municipal climate policies for new buildings just aren’t significant contributors to added costs or slowdowns in housing development. To the contrary, proven technologies like electric heat pumps can lead to significant energy and costs savings for homeowners and building managers and occupants,” ZEIC director Roberto Pecora said in a statement.

A total of 109 members of B.C.’s building industry including housing development, construction, design and supply chain firms provided input.

Eighty-one per cent of respondents said they are already meeting the requirements of the province-wide Step Code or are very confident that their firm will be able to meet these requirements by 2030.

Seventy-four per cent of respondents also said they have no difficulty or little difficulty in meeting the City of Vancouver’s energy efficiency and GHG bylaws for small and large buildings.

Eighty-three of the respondents who completed the survey had projects that were located in the City of Vancouver, with 89 in Metro Vancouver excluding the City of Vancouver.

There were 26 projects in northern B.C., 44 in the southern interior, 63 on Vancouver Island and 28 in other locations.

The full report is available .