Green buildings can boost productivity, well-being and health of workers
Interior green walls can improve air quality and reduce noise levels, improving the health and well-being of those who work there.
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B.C. launches Reframed Lab pilot for future-ready housing retrofits
The Province of BC, the City of Vancouver, the BC Non-Profit Housing Association and the Pembina Institute, are working together on a home-safe initiative…
Letter to the Editor: Architecture’s blind spot
Thank you for shining a light on the enormous blind spot of our industry—embodied energy—in July’s issue of Canadian Architect. Anthony Pak’s observation that…
Carleton University Professors Receive Funding To Improve Canada’s Building…
Carleton University’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering professor Cynthia Cruickshank, and Burak Gunay, an assistant professor in the…
Editorial: Spreading the Gospel of Sustainability
Long before LEED became an industry buzzword, Peter Busby was figuring out how to make buildings that consumed fewer resources.