Vancouver fire hall achieves Zero Carbon first
Vancouver Fire Hall No. 17 has become the first fire hall in Canada to earn the Zero Carbon Building (ZCB) design certification, and the first project to be…
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Canada’s first zero-carbon, mass timber higher-education building revealed
Centennial College is collaborating with EllisDon, DIALOG and Smoke Architecture to construct a mass timber higher-education building based on the Indigenous…
CaGBC report points to zero carbon skills gap in construction industry
A new report by the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) provides an action plan to close the low-carbon building skills gap in the Ontario construction…
Big three Mayors sign onto C40 Net Zero Carbon Buildings pledge
Today, 3 Canadian mayors, alongside 16 mayors from around the world, representing 130 million urban citizens, committed to significantly cut greenhouse gas…
Chmiel Architects project gets ‘Zero Carbon Building – Performance’ certification
The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) announced today that 100 Murray Street in Ottawa, ON has been awarded Canada’s first Zero Carbon Building (ZCB) –…
Green Building Council launches Zero Carbon Building Program
Late last month, the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) launched public registration for the new Zero Carbon Building (ZCB) program. According to CaGBC, …