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Setting standards
A standard for the testing and evaluation of Exterior Insulation and Finish Systems (EIFS) in commercial applications, recently approved by the Underwriters Laboratory of Canada (ULC), will silence some critics of EIFS, a cladding system…
Cladding control
Shield the home Cosella-Drken has a new way to wrap a house, with Delta-Dry, the protective shield against wind, rain and moisture. This is the first product that addresses a reoccurring problem for builders: the framing and sheathing…
Time is running out
Even skeptics who have for years dismissed warnings about climate change that will produce serious, if not disastrous consequences, must surely be taking the issue more seriously now.Apart from a growing body of credible, well-documented…
Aecon acquires The Karson Group (February 01, 2007)
TORONTO - Toronto-based Aecon Group has acquired The Karson Group, one of the largest aggregate, asphalt and civil construction companies in eastern Ontario. The Karson Group is a construction and materials company comprised of Karson…
Little garden on the Prairie
Despite what many of us assume, the Prairie is not an unbroken expanse of wheat, stretching from the Canadian Shield to the Rockies, pancake-flat from horizon to horizon. It varies significantly across North America depending on climate and…
$5 billion hydro plant proceeding in Quebec (February 01, 2007)
QUEBEC - Hydro-Quebec is going forward on the controversial $5-billion hydroelectric project in Northern Quebec that will divert the Rupert River. The project, dubbed the Eastmain-1-A powerhouse, will be located near the Eastmain-1…
Groupe Germain to build two mixed-use hotels (February 01, 2007)
TORONTO - Qubec City-based hotel developer Groupe Germain has announced two new projects: Htel Le Germain Maple Leaf Square in Toronto and Le Germain Calgary, both designed by LeMay Michaud Architects of Montreal.The $450-million Maple Leaf…
Wind power deal signed for N.B. (February 01, 2007)
KENT HILLS, N.B. - Calgary-based TransAlta and New Brunswick Power have signed a 25- year agreement that entitles TransAlta to construct and operate a 75-megawatt wind farm to provide clean electricity to NB Power. The facility, which will…
Solar research lab planned for Toronto waterfront. (February 01, 2007)
TORONTO - The University of Toronto (U of T), Arise Technologies from Kitchener, Ont., and Toronto's Portlands Energy Centre (PEC) will construct Canada's largest solar research facility to be located on the PEC site on Toronto's…
Efficiency in Ontario homes recognized (February 01, 2007)
MARKHAM, Ont. - The EnerQuality Awards of Excellence, held in conjunction with the Ontario Building & Renovation Forum in Markham, were presented Jan. 12 to the most energy efficient homebuilders and building professionals in Ontario's…