{"id":2865,"date":"2023-12-19T16:53:30","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T21:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buildingdecarbonization.ca\/?post_type=event&#038;p=2865"},"modified":"2023-12-22T17:32:12","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T22:32:12","slug":"electrifying-residential-new-construction-is-the-grid-up-to-the-challenge-in-the-near-term","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/buildingdecarbonization.ca\/event\/electrifying-residential-new-construction-is-the-grid-up-to-the-challenge-in-the-near-term\/","title":{"rendered":"Electrifying Residential New Construction: Is the Grid Up to the Challenge in the Near Term?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BDA Webinar: Electrifying Residential New Construction\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0vXuZuOmjBY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tuesday, December 5, 2023, 1pm ET<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is an important conversation taking place across the country around how best to increase housing inventory and improve affordability. At the same time, efficiently meeting our net-zero goals means adopting electrification in all new builds as soon as possible, to avoid locking in emitting equipment or requiring expensive retrofits. The question is, are utilities in Canada able to meet these needs in the near term?<br><br>The short answer so far is yes, but as with many things, there are still challenges that we must acknowledge and that we have to get to work to overcome. Join us as BDA executive director Bryan Flannigan provides a summary of our analysis to date, followed by a panel session with utilities, builders and others from across the country to better understand how our electrical grid will meet the challenge of electrifying Canada\u2019s buildings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is an important conversation taking place across the country around how best to increase housing inventory and improve affordability. 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