Green Building
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Doug Webber wins CaGBC leadership award
Doug Webber, executive vice-president at Halsall Associates, was recently presented with an Individual Award as part of the Canadian Green Building Council’s (CaGBC) 2014 Innovation
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CIBC among world’s greenest banks
CIBC has been designated of one of the world’s greenest banks, according to Bloomberg Markets magazine. Along with 20 other banks, CIBC’s rank is based
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Canada failing environment says new report
A new report from Julie Gelfand, Canada’s commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, shows the government is not keeping up with various issues related
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Ontario’s new green bond program a grand slam
Ontario has officially launched a green bond program with an inaugural issue of $500 million, making it the first province in Canada to issue green
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Canadians named 2014 LEED Fellows
Four Canadians have recently been named 2014 LEED Fellows for their advocacy and contributions to the green building movement in Canada. After peer nominations and
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Benefits to being Passive House certified
The Passive House standard—a performance-based energy standard—is currently a growing movement across North America. Since the standard can be applied not only to residential dwellings
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Energy-efficient glass in the “battle for the wall”
Since the introduction of legislation, like the Ontario Building Code’s SB-10 supplementary standard for large buildings and the B.C. Clean Energy Act, what once was
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U of Ottawa snags living green wall award
The University of Ottawa has won a 2014 Green Roof and Wall Award of Excellence from Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (GRHC) for its six-storey
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Passivhaus standard gains ground
The Passivhaus standard for building energy efficiency is gaining increasing interest in North America as an alternative green building standard
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National net-zero energy home project underway
Reid Heritage Homes recently broke ground in Guelph, ON, on five net-zero energy (NZE) houses designed to generate as much energy as they consume annually.
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Energy reporting right on the Green Button
With energy reporting initiative Green Button currently being rolled out in Ontario, property managers and building owners are a step closer to better managing their
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Italy welcomes first Passive House school
Less than a month after China announced the completion of its first energy-efficient Passive House, Italy welcomes “Sculoa Passive Raldon”— the country’s first certified Passive
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Houston & IREM partner for greener buildings
In an effort to encourage building owners and managers in Houston, Texas, to improve sustainability activities, the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM) and the
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National Solid Waste Benchmarking: next steps
The Recycling Council of Ontario (RCO) reports more than 1,000 offices, retail stores and shopping centres across the country have contributed to the first National
Design Quarterly
Benefits of building integrated photovoltaics
Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) is one of the most promising and elegant ways of producing on site electricity directly from the sun — silently, without environmental harm or pollution, and without depletion of resources.
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Kitchener celebrates sustainable library
The City of Kitchener officially celebrated the completion of its sleek, new, energy-efficient library at a grand opening event on September 6, 2014. Opened to
Building Strategies & Sustainability
How to break into the green building industry
According to career counselor Mark Franklin, there are numerous opportunities for students and graduates interested in the green building and sustainability industry.
