I would love to share our story with you Brian. We live in a high-rise at UBC. We bought on the promise of a place that would be highly energy efficient but it is just the opposite! We were seriously duped! Even the UBC board of governors promised our building would be a star performer in terms of energy savings. They were not going ‘permit’ anything less.
We use more power in our 2 bedroom condo than we did in our 3 storey wood frame 110 year old house with single pane windows just a few blocks off campus! It was occupied by up to 6 people while here in the condo it is just the 2 of us.
High rises have no charm. I think Vancouver should look to the policies of Paris or even Washington DC. Thanks Brian for your very interesting writing. It makes sense.
I would love to share our story with you Brian. We live in a high-rise at UBC. We bought on the promise of a place that would be highly energy efficient but it is just the opposite! We were seriously duped! Even the UBC board of governors promised our building would be a star performer in terms of energy savings. They were not going ‘permit’ anything less.
We use more power in our 2 bedroom condo than we did in our 3 storey wood frame 110 year old house with single pane windows just a few blocks off campus! It was occupied by up to 6 people while here in the condo it is just the 2 of us.
High rises have no charm. I think Vancouver should look to the policies of Paris or even Washington DC. Thanks Brian for your very interesting writing. It makes sense.