The Increasing Impact of Passive House
Passive House now has a firm hold in the city of Vancouver with over 3,000,000 square feet of passive house projects in the review, permitting or occupied stages as of August 2019. It’s only a matter of time before the industry standard
Feature Story: Natural Refrigerants & Climate Change
While recently attending the AHR Expo in Orlando, the Impact Engineering team learned firsthand how the HVAC industry is beginning to tackle the environmental cost of refrigerants, particularly relating to global warming. In this months Journal, we explore how the
HiH Energy Becomes Impact Engineering
Together with you, we've always focused on making an impact. That's why we're delighted that you're among the first to know that positive change has come to our firm, formerly knowns as HiH Energy. Our new name and fresh look
Feature Story: Blower Door Testing – Measuring the impact of air infiltration
Recent investigative testing performed by HiH at several buildings demonstrated that up to 50% of building heating requirement was as a result of undesired building air leakage. The studied buildings had an average of 10 air changes per hour (ACH). The
A Life-Changing Journey
In this month’s journal post, we wanted to provide the opportunity for you to hear directly from Dilara Omur, Project Coordinator at HiH, to demonstrate the incredible journey of a Turkish Geological Engineering graduate who ended up on the other
Climate Resiliency
If Carbon emissions were reduced to zero today, mean global temperatures will continue to increase due to the Carbon emissions that have already released.[1] This creates challenges for Engineers when designing buildings and infrastructure that must meet the needs for
Feature Story: Strategic Energy Management Planning
Many of our clients in reviewing their current assets, liabilities and operations, are starting to ask the question: Where are we going next? Over the past number of years at HiH, we have witnessed an evolution in how building owners and
Tackling the Built-in Climate Challenge: The Energiesprong Approach
Meeting our emission reduction targets won’t be achieved without deep retrofit of existing buildings (they account for 17% of Canada’s emissions[2]). Such retrofits are complicated and costly. To meet this challenge, the buildings sector is exploring less invasive and more cost-effective
Climate Emergency
In January 2019, the City of Vancouver officially declared a Climate Emergency. In doing so, it proposed 6 Big Moves with serious and significant implications for the Buildings and Development industries that have yet to really sink in. Consider Big Move #4… By