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Project vivo Regulatory Hurdle #1 - Board of Variance Application

Project vivo is comprised of a small house on a narrow lot in Downtown Victoria, great for Smart Growth Principles and a thumb's up in the LEED rating system, but a horror from a zoning bylaws perspective. The existing house is non-conforming in numerous ways so before we can do anything we must request variances or relaxations in zoning bylaws primarily for side and front setbacks.

See attached for Project vivo's Board of Variance application to the City of Victoria.

Project vivo Registers LEED for Homes Project with USGBC

LEED for Homes projects participating in the CaGBC Pilot Program register their projects through the USGBC by submitting $150 and the USGBC's Builder's Agreement.

Project vivo Selected as Case Study Home in CaGBC Pilot Program

An early Christmas present, Project vivo was awarded selection to participate as a Case Study Home in the Canada Green Building Council's LEED for Homes Pilot Program.

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Project vivo Expression of Interest to participate in LEED for Homes Case Study Program

The following is an abstract from the Expression of Interest submitted to the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) on September 27, 2007 requesting that Project “vivo” be accepted to participate in the LEED Canada for Homes Case Study Program.

Project vivo is looking for interested parties to join our mentoring advisory team. If you would like to be a part of this great local experience and want to help design and build the framework of sustainability for residential housing in Canada, please contact Allison Ashcroft, vivo LEED for Homes Case Study Project Manager at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or (250) 592-6795.

See below for the abstract of the EOI, or click on this link to read the entire Expression of Interest submitted to the CaGBC for Project vivo.