Reframed Initiative: Outcomes and analysis - A study of six best-in-class deep retrofit

We honor the traditional and ancestral territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy, including the Siksika, Piikani, and Kainai bands, the Îyârhe Nakoda Nations comprised of the Goodstoney, Chiniki, and Bearspaw bands, and the Tsuut’ina Dené. [...] About the Reframed Lab The Reframed Lab was developed and hosted by the Pembina Institute in partnership with the Province of British Columbia (BC Housing), the Metro Vancouver Housing Corporation (MVHC), the City of Vancouver and the BC Non-Profit Housing Association. [...] In this report, we introduce the Reframed Lab and the subject buildings, summarize the schematic designs proposed by the design teams, report the projected energy and carbon reductions the schematic design proposals are expected to achieve, and discuss key takeaways from the lab process and early schematic design development. [...] • Identify schematic designs that will form the basis for the call for design and construction of best-in-class deep retrofits that will make the buildings more climate and seismic ready, healthier, and more comfortable, more energy efficient and less harmful to the climate. [...] With the goal of selecting the most impactful and sustainable approach for implementation, teams analyzed energy and carbon performance modelling of their design bundles and compared the results to existing conditions and projected performance of a baseline ‘like-for-like’ retrofit baseline.