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BPiBS Connections with Technical & Startup Initiatives for KIND and CIV development

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BPiBS project members recently had the privilege of attending the BeaCon Annual Conference 2025, held August 19–21 in Edmonton. The program was rich with community-driven innovation, breakout sessions and hands-on activities centered on startups, entrepreneurship and relational leadership. It was both inspiring and strategically valuable as an opportunity to introduce our BPiBS work on the KIND and CIV database development approach, especially at the current state of the project implementation.

A key focus for our team was connecting with technical and startup initiatives that resonate with our tech development of the graph database and CIV tool…

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BPiBS at the 3rd Annual CECC AGM and Community Energy Forum

The Best Practices in Building Systems (BPiBS) project team was delighted to participate in the 3rd Annual Community Energy Co-operative Canada (CECC) AGM and Community Energy Forum held at Royal Roads University from July 31 to August 2, 2025. The event gathered experts, community leaders, researchers and policymakers to discuss innovative pathways and practical solutions for community-owned renewable energy systems.

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BPiBS at the Contractors Forum in Nanaimo, BC

On April 29th 2025, part of our BPiBS project team had the opportunity to participate in the Contractors Forum 2025, hosted by the Home Performance Stakeholder Council at the Vancouver Island Conference Center in Nanaimo.

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BPiBS Research Paper Submitted for the Joint CSCE Construction Specialty & CRC Conference 2025

We are pleased to announce that the BPiBS research team has successfully submitted a paper to the Joint CSCE Construction Specialty & CRC Conference, taking place from July 28–31, 2025, in Montreal, Quebec. This conference gathers researchers, industry experts, policymakers, and practitioners to explore innovative solutions and cutting-edge developments in construction and civil engineering.

Our paper, titled “Best Practices in Building Systems (BPiBS): Advancing Knowledge Mobilization through Road Mapping,” outlines our efforts to drive transformative change in Canada’s housing sector. The BPiBS initiative is addressing urgent technical, economic, environmental, social, and health challenges by developing an iterative roadmap for enhancing building systems across urban and rural Canada, beginning with British Columbia and expanding nationally.

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