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…
Browsing Tag
net zero
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.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Jason…
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…
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…
Home Products: R-Hauz, Toronto, Ontario and Intelligent City, Vancouver, British…
Toronto and Vancouver start-ups are using high-tech prefabrication to produce infill housing that’s better designed, better for the environment—and costs less…
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…