Panellizing Deep Energy Retrofits
TEXT Max Amerongen
PHOTOS Courtesy Butterwick Projects
There’s a lane in Sundance Housing Co-op that provides a perfect “before” and “after” picture for…
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How to incentivize and accelerate low-carbon building designs, with lessons from…
Architects and planners must decarbonize the construction industry, and we have less than ten years to make real progress to stay within 1.5 degrees of global…
Perkins&Will unveils design for Net-Zero Operational Carbon Community Centre…
The City of Toronto and Perkins&Will have unveiled the design for one of Ontario and Toronto’s first net-zero operational carbon community centres, setting…
Canada’s new climate plan is reckless, but a better way forward is still possible
Canada is the fourth-largest oil producer in the world, with almost all of its crude oil headed for the United States.
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Western North York Community Centre
"There’s a robust net zero strategy, which is especially challenging in a building with an aquatic centre that requires continuous energy use to heat the…
44 businesses sign WorldGBC’s Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment
A coalition of business and government groups announced 26 climate action initiatives at Cities, Regions and Built Environment Day at COP26.
The initiatives…
WorldGBC releases new requirements for the Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment
WorldGBC has announced an update to the Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment (the Commitment), expanding its scope to recognise enhanced leadership action in…
WorldGBC releases 2021 Advancing Net Zero Status Report
The WorldGBC has released its annual Advancing Net Zero Status Report, which showcases examples of Green Building Councils, businesses and governments scaling…
Stantec commits to Carbon Neutrality by 2022 and Net Zero by 2030
As part of its continued commitment to sustainable practices, Stantec has pledged to reach carbon neutrality by 2022 as a first step in achieving net-zero…
Hope scrapes the sky
Over the past year, DIALOG have been designing a prototype for a supertall zero-carbon hybrid timber tower; we’re calling it the Beacon of Hope. At 105 stories,…
New research suggests 1.5C climate target will be out of reach without greener…
Global fossil fuel emissions dropped by about seven per cent in 2020 compared with 2019. But a rebound is likely to occur when lockdowns ease up unless COVID-19…
Boston University, Center for Computing & Data Sciences
"The building manages to balance its context, sustainability concerns, and the creation of a legible form, while also making an interesting envelope."
Why Canada should drop its net-zero pledge to cut carbon emissions
Douglas Macdonald, University of Toronto
At the climate summit held in Paris in December 2015, the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau committed…
CaGBC Offers Post-Election Climate Change Recommendations
As a result of the Liberal party’s recent federal election win with a minority government, the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) has offered…
Library and Archives Canada’s new preservation centre to be first net-zero…
Library and Archives Canada (LAC) and the Plenary Properties Gatineau (PPG) consortium have revealed the design of a second preservation centre in Gatineau,…
WorldGBC will focus on building lifecycle for the 2019 World Green Building Week
The World Green Building Council’s (WorldGBC) 10th annual World Green Building Week will focus on end-to-end carbon emissions created across the building and…