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Retrofit project achieves a new type of LEED
TORONTO -- The Toronto branch of international design firm HOK has retrofitted a building for Toronto-based Oxford Properties Group and the project has been awarded the first multi-tenant LEED for Existing Buildings (LEED-EB) certification…
Metrolinx’s $497 million expansion plans
TORONTO -- Metrolinx, the new name for the Greater Toronto Transportation Authority, has been allocated $497 million of provincial money for key transit projects in the Greater Toronto Area and Hamilton. The projects includes several…
Bounce back
A quiet cousin compared to the flamboyance of roof gardens or solar electric roofing systems, reflective roof technology can nevertheless be a useful tool in reducing a building's impact on the environment.The construction industry is…
Kirkor designs $2.3 billion project in Reno
RENO, Nevada -- Toronto and Vancouver-based Kirkor Architects & Planners are designing the Boulevard South development in Reno, Nevada, for the Reno development firm MT3 Partners. The Boulevard South development, which covers 16.2 acres…
Silver was the original Green
Several recently constructed buildings in Canada show that metal buildings continue to be an effective green building solution.Long considered one of the most cost-effective ways to construct low-rise buildings, metal buildings have also…
Wind power booming
OTTAWA -- The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) has reported Canada's second-highest year for emission-free wind energy. Canada's total installed capacity has grown to 1,846 MW with the addition of 386 MW of new wind energy…
The Future of Global Cities
The globalizing market, telecommunications, information technology, shared corporate-political strategies -- these will render commonplace what cities had hoped to offer in the past. Significant cities will offer the same amenities. What…
Acton Ostry wins top honours at IDIBC 2007 awards
VANCOUVER -- Vancouver- based Acton Ostry Architects has won two top awards from the Interior Design Institute of British Columbia's (IDIBC) 2007 Awards. The awards, the IDIBC Best in Show Award and an IDIBC Gold Award of Excellence, were…
Private sector participating in development of new LEED system
VANCOUVER -- The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC), in association with several commercial property owners, is developing the next generation of the LEED Canada green building rating system.Big name owners and managers of commercial…
$1 billion expansion for Fairmont Hot Springs Resort
FAIRMONT HOT SPRINGS, B. C. -- Ken Fowler Enterprises (KFE) of St. Catharine's, Ontario, is planning a billion-dollar expansion of British Columbia's Fairmont Hot Springs Resort.The expansion, which aims to create a four-season destination…