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Toronto wins 2015 Ontario Wood Award
The City of Toronto was recognized with a 2015 Ontario Wood Award for repurposing city trees and promoting local wood products and urban forestry services.
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Why consider doing a building water audit
Canada is in the enviable position of being “water-rich,” according to a July 2013 Frasier Institute study. In 2011, it had the fourth-largest supply of
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Solar rooftop project to be Ontario’s largest
Construction will soon commence on Ontario’s largest commercial solar energy rooftop portfolio ever installed. Enerdynamic Hybrid Technologies Corp (EHT) said it will complete 143
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WaterTAP appoints new board chair
The Water Technology Acceleration Project (WaterTAP) has appointed Kenneth A. Morrison, P. Eng., as chair of the board of directors. Morrison has more than 40
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Mandatory energy audit for large U.K. firms
Large U.K. companies must comply with energy benchmarking and audit requirements by early December.
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Halifax gains first LEED Gold certified property
Purdy’s Wharf in Halifax is the first commercial property in Atlantic Canada to earn LEED EB certification. The three-building, 694,000 square foot waterfront complex received
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SaskPower inspires recall of smart meters
SaskPower's experience sparks recall of smart meters in Ontario.
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GTA site showcases stormwater management
About fifteen years ago, Jim Ecclestone found an old, 2000-gallon stainless steel water tank lying in a farmer’s field. The president and chief executive officer
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National commercial energy use survey to begin
Statistics Canada will soon collect data for the Survey of Commercial and Institutional Energy Use 2015 on behalf of Natural Resources Canada (NRC). The national
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Manitoba acquires land to expand provincial park
Manitoba has announced plans for a major Pembina Valley Provincial Park expansion using recently acquired private lands. “With only one per cent of Manitoba’s protected
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Greenest School in Canada competition launches
Elementary to secondary schools across the country looking to earn recognition for sustainable initiatives are eligible to enter the 2015 Greenest School in Canada competition.
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SFI revises guidelines for sustainable forestry
The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) has introduced changes to its 2015-2019 Standards and Rules to improve sustainable forest management and better decision-making within the industry.
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Man. government invests in water infrastructure
The Manitoba government plans to invest almost $12 million to upgrade and replace water supply and disposal services to improve waste-water systems in rural communities.
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Edmonton begins recycling Blatchford airport
A number of recycling and reuse initiatives are already in the works for Edmonton’s sustainable Blatchford community, set to be constructed on the former City
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Canada ‘must learn to live better with less’: report
Canada Conserves, a national initiative to promote conservation leadership, released a new report on the future of environmental movements in Canada, finding the country “must
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Ontario will host Climate Summit of the Americas
Building on the connection between climate action and a thriving low-carbon economy, Ontario will host a Pan American dialogue on climate change during a two-day
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Commercial sector waste diversion strategies
Half a can of pop is all it takes. That hundred-odd millilitres of syrupy soda is enough to contaminate an entire paper recycling stream. A
