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Summerside to build solar farm that meets 62 percent of its electricity needs
Plans to construct a new 21-megawatt solar farm and a battery storage facility in Summerside, PEI have been announced. According to Infrastructure Canada, this renewable energy source will improve the energy efficiency of the City of…
We’re In This Together
Do you remember where you were when the ice storm hit in 2013? If you weren’t here, imagine waking up to a city coated in ice. The tree branches were hauntingly beautiful, shimmering while making an unnerving creaking sound. We’d woken up…
Canadian Real Estate Leaders Call for Benchmarking & Data Transparency
The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) and five leading commercial real estate firms are calling on federal and provincial governments to implement consistent building data disclosure regulations and requirements.It may seem like an…
Getting Active on Passive
Public awareness of the global climate crisis is increasing rapidly, and so is Net-Zero Passive House building in residential and commercial construction. Now is the perfect time for builders to specialize in this rapidly growing market…
What’s Old is New: Acoustical Considerations as Wood Buildings Make a Comeback
Wood construction is enjoying a revival from coast to coast. In Toronto, Sidewalk Labs is proposing a collection of mass timber buildings with the tallest one reaching 30-storeys. On the other side of the country, the University of British…
More hybrids and renewables: Study imagines Nova Scotia’s green future in 2030
HALIFAX – Nova Scotia's largest environmental group has published a study that envisions a province where more than 40 per cent of cars are hybrids or electric, heat pumps are widespread and imported electricity replaces coal.The…
Doug Ford ‘proud’ of tearing up hundreds of green energy contracts
TORONTO – Premier Doug Ford said Thursday he is ''proud'' of his decision to tear up hundreds of renewable energy deals, a move that his government acknowledges could cost taxpayers more than $230 million.Ford dismissed criticism that…
Climate change causes sinkholes, unstable bridges and ruptured pipelines
A bus got caught in a sinkhole in downtown Pittsburgh on Oct. 28, 2019.
(Darrell Sapp/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)
Roads, buildings and industrial facilities rely on the integrity of the ground they’re built upon. But when soils shift…
3 ways cities can prepare for climate emergencies
Thousands of people evacuated Calgary when its two rivers flooded in June 2013.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Cities are on the front line of climate change. While their footprints cover a mere two per cent of the Earth’s surface,…
7th Active House Symposium to Take Place in Toronto
The 7th Active House Symposium will be held for the first time in North America in Toronto on September 16-17 at Evergreen Brick Works. Active House is an international building practice that is based on a balanced and holistic approach to…