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New clean building tax credit for B.C. owners

A new tax credit will make energy retrofits for multi-unit residential and commercial buildings more affordable, saving owners 5 per cent.
BMO Centre

BMO Centre expansion taking shape in Calgary

The BMO Centre expansion, on schedule for its opening in June 2024, has begun to take its dramatic shape in Calgary.
emissions

SOFIAC to pursue decarbonization beyond Quebec

The newly national venture brings $185 million in seed capital for deep energy retrofits of commercial, industrial and multifamily buildings.
Wallace Emerson Community and Child Care Centre

Toronto’s Wallace Emerson Community and Child Care Centre breaks ground

The Wallace Emerson Community and Child Care Centre broke ground this week at the site of the future 20-acre Galleria on the Park community.
Toronto Aboriginal Support Services Council

Toronto Aboriginal Support Services Council getting permanent home

The Toronto Aboriginal Support Services Council is moving closer to getting a dedicated office and community meeting space.
telus sky

Telus Sky tower officially opens in Calgary

Telus Sky, the 60-storey skyscraper in Calgary, has officially opened. The tower features 750,000 square feet of office and retail space.
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Diamond Schmitt wins library design award

Diamond Schmitt was named Best of Competition winner of the 2022 ALA/IIDA Library Design Awards for the North York Central Library.
NB housing strategy fingered for fuzzy intent

Scathing critique of NS public housing tabled

Nova Scotia’s auditor general finds an absence of standard managerial and customer service protocols and a flawed application process within the provincial public housing portfolio.
BILD

Toronto’s waterfront to get new public art trail

The City of Toronto is about to create a new public art trail along the banks of the new mouth of the Don River in Toronto’s transformed Port Lands.
CAGBC updates zero carbon design standard

CAGBC updates zero carbon design standard

The Canada Green Building Council is aiming to simplify the criteria for complying with its zero carbon design standard, while also pushing forward with more rigorous performance goals.
Ottawa sees revived proposal for downtown arena

Ottawa sees revived proposal for downtown arena

In keeping with the team’s rebuild, the Ottawa Senators are bringing a new roster of development players to this revived proposal for a major downtown sports facility.

Toronto basketball court revitalization project launches 

Basketball courts in Toronto are tagged a refurbishment priority as part of a new initiative between Lifetime Developments and adidas Canada.
Venture capital offered for smart water techr

Venture capital offered for smart water tech

Canadian start-ups are invited to take up the global water challenge, a competition to gain access to up to €3 million (CAD $4 million) in venture capital for smart water technologies.
environmentally friendly offices

Employees expect environmentally friendly offices

Six in 10 workers surveyed feel their office is "shamefully eco-unfriendly"
UBC biomedical

New biomedical engineering facility for UBC

The School of Biomedical Engineering at UBC is getting a new home with a purpose-designed, state-of-the-art facility.
COWI

Vancouver approves Indigenous redevelopment

City of Vancouver has approved the Heather Lands project, the largest Indigenous-led redevelopment in the city.
Repeat winners figure in 2022 ENERGY STAR awards

Repeat winners figure in ENERGY STAR awards

The 10 recipients of the 2022 ENERGY STAR Canada awards for existing commercial and institutional buildings represent a balance of new and old, with five repeat winners from last year.