Sustainability

Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI) and the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) have announced that a joint venture – GBCI Canada – has launched. GBCI…

Across Canada, provincial and municipal levels of government are also raising performance requirements and establishing roadmaps for reaching Net Zero energy…

A rooftop laboratory yields a bounty of information.

Recounting the trials — and joys — of building a Canadian home that meets the "Passivhaus" standard.

Registration is now open for the 2018 Canadian Green Building Awards, which recognize excellence in the design and execution of Canadian residential and…

The City of Toronto has updated the Toronto Green Standard to include stepped performance targets to approach zero emissions for all new buildings by 2030. This…

A Pritzker Prize winner in 2014, Japanese architect Shigeru Ban is designing the world's tallest hybrid timber structure in Vancouver. Dubbed 'Terrace House,'…

The National Research Council says Canada's homes and highways were built with assumptions about weather patterns that are no longer relevant, thanks to climate…

This month, architects, engineers, developers and other construction industry professionals at the forefront of wood design in Ontario celebrated excellence in…

The Nuckolls Fund for Lighting Education has set February 9, 2018 as the deadline for receipt of proposals for three grants. Since 1989, the Fund has awarded a…

Late last month, the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) launched public registration for the new Zero Carbon Building (ZCB)  program. According to CaGBC, …

On September 19, 2017, the City of Québec presented the three winning teams in the Reinventing Our Rivers competition. In attendance were Régis Labeaume, mayor…