It was with a mixture of excitement and fear that Small Planet Supply accepted the contract award to provide mobile airtightness trainings across the BC Province.  The grant was a combined effort of Fortis BC, BC Hydro, the Province of British Columbia and BC Housing.  It wasn’t teaching the classes that seemed intimidating; it was the thought of navigating the sheer size of British Columbia, how to connect with communities across the region and how to replicate the hands-on portion of the BCIT held classes in local trainings.   Since late September, we’ve conducted twelve classes and trained 143 people. Here’s a little of what we’ve learned so far:

Build It Small

The most impactful part of the BCIT airtightness training has been participants’ ability to apply the concepts on a real building.  We didn’t want to lose that – so we built smaller buildings with the help of RDH’s James Bourget who designed and then constructed the buildings with Geoffrey Kirkpatrick.