Green Design
An embodied carbon primer for facility managers
Facility management affects a significant component of total lifetime embodied carbon.
Blazing a trail for zero carbon in Nova Scotia
The zero carbon project marks an evolution in warehouses and, more broadly, the potential for a lower-emitting industrial sector.
Designing for wellbeing in residential healthcare
One area where cohesive design is becoming increasingly important is residential healthcare, which encompasses memory care and mental health.
A new home for first responders in Delta, B.C.
The facility brings together a multi-purpose satellite fire station, a live-fire training building, and a municipal emergency operations centre.
CBRE a pioneer of WELL standard adoption
It has been almost 25 years since CBRE expanded to Alberta’s capital. Known as Coldwell Banker Commercial at the time (as it was prior to
Windows and doors in the net-zero frame
A wider selection of high-performance windows and doors is expected to hit the market as Canada's National Energy Code continues to push the envelope toward net-zero-energy-ready development.
Westinghouse HQ gets new lease on life
The Westinghouse HQ building has been re-envisioned for a new age to become a hub for commercial and cultural activities.
Lessons for upgrading older schools
When planning retrofits or renovations for older schools, administrators have the chance to implement green, sustainable and high-performance design solutions.
Natural light in workplace design
It is clear that employee performance and outlook are connected to the environmental conditions in which they work.
Tim Hortons’ new HQ champions sustainability
Inside Tim Hortons’ move to a new sustainable head office in downtown Toronto that embraces the company’s Canadiana roots.
Amenities key to promoting occupant well-being
Health and wellness-promoting amenities are no longer just nice-to-have perks in sustainable office buildings — increasingly, employees are demanding them.
New architecture school brings lessons to life
Students of Canada’s newest architecture school won’t have to venture far to see lessons from the classroom come to life. The latest addition to Laurentian
Passive House poised for institutional uptake
Passive House, a voluntary standard for achieving extremely energy-efficient buildings, appears to be poised for wider uptake in institutional projects.
Net zero facility to become teaching tool
The Joyce Centre for Partnership & Innovation is poised to become a teaching tool for current and future building professionals alike.
Library facility reads like ‘fragment’ of its landscape
The new Waterdown Library and Civic Centre is designed to read like a ‘fragment’ of the Niagara Escarpment over which it cantilevers.
Breakthrough technology eases risk management
Energy storage, phase-change materials and carbon dioxide refrigerant exemplify the diversity of products that can have bearing on how buildings use resources, discharge waste and function in both normal and adverse conditions.
LEED Gold-targeting campus built to climate
The University College of the North's new LEED Gold-targeting campus considers the local climate of Thompson, Manitoba, in its design.
