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Vancouver, BC Co-owner & Lead Designer Lanefab Design/Build B.Eng M.Arch Build beautiful. Build for a livable climate. www.Lanefab.com #ThickWallsAreSexy / #SingleStair / #ElectrifyEverything / #Passivhaus / #NetPositive

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · Nov 22

A short thread on going beyond #NetZero to build projects that are #NetPositive

First, I like to talk about "Projects" vs "Buildings".

It's an important distinction, because its not just about the physical artifact, but also:

where it is located?
what does it replace?

Net zero duplex in Vancouver BC, designed and built by Lanefab, viewed from the street.

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 6h

Trying to salvage a nice euro style single stair by combining an expansive roof and skylights over the stair / circulation

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 6h

10% (5') side yard
20% (10') side yard within the front yard 16'
50% lot coverage
2-3 FSR depending on # of storeys

Cross vented exterior stair / circulation with weather coverage and skylights

Basement bike parkade w elevator access

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 7h

Our concepts are based on a 10% side yard, except 20% within the front 16'. 50% lot coverage. ~2.0FSR at 4 storeys and 3.0FSR at 6 storeys.

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 8h

alas, this is as close as we get

Cat in the south facing window sill of the E.37th passive house by Lanefab

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 8h

Because we know you like online videos... we've collected years of content here:

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 11h

Removing parking mins province-wide would be a significant move by @christineboyle.bsky.social - and is very much needed.

Munis can pass missing middle zoning on paper, but kill it with parking. Better to shift the focus to the bundle of amenities that make car-light living easy.

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 12h

We need to dispense with parking minimums across the province.

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 1d

4 Storey Single Stair Flats could work well in most parts of the city, but - compared to a multiplex - the consultant and code requirements might add 100k and the elevator might add 200k.

With limited parking the sale price needs to be lower.

>> Simple zoning approval is needed to make it work.

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 1d

#PowerlinesNotPipelines

Shannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 1d

BC wants Ottawa to pick the North Coast transmission line in its second round of nation-building projects, which could be selected as soon as November

BC has previously sought federal funding for NCTL

A nod from the Major Project Office would kick things into high gear #bcpoli

“It enables Indigenous partnership, protection of wild spaces [and] low carbon metals shipped at low cost out of Canada to global markets, driving our economy and employing thousands of people.

It checks off every box that you can possibly imagine in terms of federal and provincial government priorities, as well as the priorities of every Canadian. It’s a project that we'll all be incredibly proud of and I'm very hopeful that the feds include that on their list and that is our full push right now with the feds is that particular project.”

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 1d

About to talk with some Design students about laneway House design

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 2d

Update: still pretty nice

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 2d

#EastVan

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 2d

Giant moonrise and sunset crows - right now! Go look

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 2d

Giant moonrise and sunset crows - right now! Go look

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 2d

Vis à vis metro vancouver development charges

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Metro Vancouver votes to scale down sewage treatment project from $10B to $6B | CBC News

Metro Vancouver has announced it will downsize plans for upgrading the Iona Island wastewater treatment plant — a new approach that will be $4 billion cheaper in the short term, but will likely cost m...

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 2d

😮

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47 VPD officers made over $100K in OT last year — and one banked $239K, FOI data shows | CBC News

A single Vancouver police sergeant was paid $239,258 in overtime alone last year, on top of the rank's base pay of up to $158,000. The figure comes from a freedom of information request filed with the...

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 2d

Also - my understanding is that sanitary sewer flows are pretty negligible compared to storm water.

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 2d

I don’t think a unit cap is the right way to achieve those outcomes, and it makes many larger lots infeasible - which is frustrating given the lot sizes enforced by the subdivision bylaw.

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 2d

This is what vancouver is missing with the r1-1 plex rules. We need to remove the unit cap.

Jeremy Caradonna @jeremycaradonnayyj.bsky.social · 2d

Not exactly, but the new zoning regs don’t specify max number of homes. One can build whatever it is that works within the regs, including FSR, setbacks, min lot sizes.

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 3d

Go Bears

UC Berkeley @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social · 8d

It’s not déjà vu, it’s a fact! For the second year in a row, UC Berkeley has been ranked the #1 public school in the U.S. by @wsj.com’s 2026 Best Colleges list.

UC Berkeley #1 public college According to WSJ/College Pulse 2026 Best Colleges in the U.S.

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 3d

Yes, exactly that

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 3d

It’s the natural extension of that logic

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 3d

All the Albertans saying BC’s coast is “Canada’s Coast” should be prepared to share their resource royalties with all of Canada.

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 3d

Yes in many cases it’s likely too much of a leap from part 9, 3 storey multiplex
to: Part 3, 4 storey w elevator.

That’s why we include the 6 storey version.

We need lower cost euro elevators, or an option for 4 storey LULA elevators, to make it scalable.

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 3d

Cargo bike garage at grade
plus “bike foyer” in each unit
plus elevator or ramp accessed basement storage space

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 4d

Ok, so not too far off.
Would be ~40% lot coverage.

Is there a min parking requirement?