Session · Building types · Designers and consultants · Policymakers and advocates

Optimizing Form and Function: Meet Single Point Access Blocks

Michael Eliason, Larch Lab · March 15, 2022 · PHN Presents

Michael Eliason on single-stair point access blocks, the basic urban building in most countries, and his report for the City of Vancouver: how building form and codes affect Passive House performance, embodied carbon, family-sized units, and livability.

Key points

• Different means of vertical access for multifamily buildings.
• How land use and building codes affect building cost and energy efficiency.
• How building codes affect livability.

Topics: Embodied carbon