Green Design
Canadian Property Management
Greener buildings in a changing marketplace
How Oxford delivered considerable financial benefits across its portfolio as a result of its commitment to greener buildings, sustainability and LEED.
Canadian Property Management
Former Blackberry plant now Factory Square
Sometime this fall, a former Blackberry manufacturing plant turned light-infused office building will open its doors to companies in a Waterloo, Ontario area branded as
Design Quarterly
Advancements in decorative glass
Decorative glass is a versatile product that has been used for centuries to meet a variety of design and structural needs. As style and design
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Green infra’s impact on flooding underrated
More performance data on the benefits of green stormwater infrastructure in extreme weather events is needed as it may be more effective than thought.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Room needed atop energy performance scale
The high-performance design metric is envisioned to support the green building sector's pursuit of net-zero energy and provide a standardized, recognizable rating that would be useful for the real estate market.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
A look at Montreal’s new soccer stadium design
Architecture firms Saucier + Perrotte and Hughes Condon Marler designed a new FIFA-approved soccer stadium that mirrors the landscape of an old quarry.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
What biophilic design does for workspaces
From green roofs and living walls there is an increasing need for biophilic design in buildings in relation to wellbeing, according to recent studies support this notion.
Design Quarterly
Is LEED still relevant?
LEED has become synonymous with green in the mainstream building industry over the last decade, but is LEED still relevant? While the voluntary green building
Building Strategies & Sustainability
UBC facility sets green campus standard
A UBC LEED Platinum certified facility known as AMS Nest is a beacon to other campuses across Canada looking to reduce their environmental footprint.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
BRE Innovation Park to accelerate sustainability
The BRE Innovation Park in Ontario will become a platform for the Canadian construction industry to demonstrate solutions to achieve low carbon buildings.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Student proposals tackle infrastructure needs
Planning students competing in the Cities of Tomorrow Showcase and Student Ideas Competition, proposed solutions to municipal issues such as infrastructure.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Industry inspired to lead low carbon revolution
Commercial real estate has the potential to create jobs and wealth if new technology infrastructure investment is prioritized.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Designing for better waste management
A building's design influences the operational efficiency waste collection programs, the cost of servicing the programs and diversion rates.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
WELL Building Standard poised to accelerate
Further refinement of the WELL Building Standard is expected as a plethora of studies point to the growing concern for health and wellness.
Design Quarterly
Understanding regenerative design
Current green building practice remains focused on individual buildings without acknowledging the larger system context as regenerative design would.
Design Quarterly
District energy key to reducing GHG emissions
The concept of district energy has gained new interest after being identified as a key measure towards helping cities significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Summit emboldens climate change fight
Subnational jurisdictions from across the Western Hemisphere gathered at Toronto’s Royal York Hotel for The Climate Summit of the Americas.




