Sustainability
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Why Toronto needs green space networks
Green space in Toronto isn’t expanding at the same rate as new development. In response, a new study asks us to shift our focus and see parks as networks.
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Canada funds Nova Scotia clean tech projects
Two clean technology projects in Nova Scotia will receive more than $8 million from Canada’s Economic Action Plan investment in SDTC's SD Tech Fund.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Design team selected for T.O. waterfront park
Aitken Place Park, a new 3,000-square-metre park planned for the Toronto waterfront, will be designed by landscape architecture firms Thomas Balsey Associates and Scott Torrance Landscape Architect Inc. The companies, based out of New York and Toronto respectively, were selected to collaborate on the project by Waterfront Toronto.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Memorial Hermann receives sustainability award
For the third year in a row, the Memorial Hermann Health System (Memorial Hermann) has been selected by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as the recipient of the ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year-Sustained Excellence Award. Memorial Hermann was recognized for its ongoing commitment to the improvement of energy efficiency in its facilities.
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Cadillac Fairview wins Green Award of the Year
Cadillac Fairview’s GREEN AT WORK™ National Sustainability Program recently won the Green Award of the Year at the Real Estate Excellence (REX) Awards.
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GTA school named earth’s greenest for 2015
After capturing the Canadian title in 2014, Dunbarton High School in Pickering, Ontario, has been named the greenest school on earth for 2015.
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Historic Canadian project wins Pioneer Award
The Passive House Institute announced it will hand out this year’s international Pioneer Award to the Saskatchewan Conservation House in Regina. The award honours trailblazing
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World mayors rally for climate change action
A leading network of urban sustainability leaders, including more than 100 mayors and elected officials in cities across the world, recently gathered in Seoul, Korea
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Canadian cities to take climate change action
Montreal and Vancouver are among 56 cities worldwide to join the Compact of Mayors, committing to transparently register and report their climate change action efforts.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
UN gathers greenhouse gas reduction pledges
NAFTA partners, U.S. and Mexico, submit greenhouse gas reduction targets to the UN, while Canada is late with its climate change action homework.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Flammable refrigerants spark safety research
Researchers consider safety issues as flammable refrigerants emerge as a low-GWP option.
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Canadians unaware of water systems: report
The majority of Canadians are unaware of the condition of water systems outside their own homes, according to the Royal Bank of Canada’s 2015 Canadian
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B.C. research facility wins Green Building Award
The Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) at the University of British Columbia has received the 2015 Green Building Award from the Royal Architectural
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Wood projects win Prairie Wood Design Awards
Eight Prairie Wood Design Awards were handed out at Alberta’s 8th annual Wood WORKS! ceremony. Chosen from a pool of more than forty entries, the
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Climate change spurs business opportunity
Tucked into the back of the Metro Convention Centre at Toronto’s Green Living Show on March 27, 2015, a group of scientists, politicians and entrepreneurs
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Canada’s first 2030 District launches in Toronto
In response to climate change, a public-private, building sector-related coalition has launched Canada’s first 2030 District to help reduce energy, water and transportation carbon emissions
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Greywater and stormwater use in buildings
A large cistern installed near the main plumbing lab in Peterborough’s Kawartha Trades and Technology Centre at Fleming College is ready to harvest rainwater. This



