Innovation Challenge: Kanaka Bar Resilient Housing Solutions

8 February 2022Thula Zondi

Help Kanaka Bar and Lytton, BC build back better. Foresight’s new Innovation Challenge is sourcing resilient and commercially available building technology products to help rebuild this community.

Rebuilding with Resilience

The village of Lytton, BC and surrounding areas were destroyed by wildfires in June 2021. The Kanaka Bar Indian Band is leading a project that is taking an innovative approach to rebuilding. 

The Kanaka Bar Resilient Housing Solutions project is a community-led and community-driven initiative. The Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) is leading a collaborative team with participants from Okanagan College, Foresight Canada, and Seko Construction to create foundational options for rebuilding in the Lytton region.DOWNLOAD PROGRAM GUIDE

Challenge Details

The Kanaka Bar Resilient Housing Solutions Challenge seeks to identify the latest methods and materials in building science today and help prevent future vulnerability to extreme weather events. The solutions selected through this Challenge will be submitted to testing, and the solution providers will be invited to participate in the construction of 4-8 pilot homes

The Challenge is open to Canadian and international ventures with a commercially available solution between Technology Readiness Level 8 and 9. All building materials and systems must meet or exceed BC Energy Step Code- Step 5. DOWNLOAD FAQSREGISTER FOR UPDATES

Challenge Timeline

Challenge Opens

February 1, 2022

Apply by clicking here.

Application Deadline

February 18, 2022 (4pm PT)

Results Announcement

March 24, 2022