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Zero Carbon Buildings are not only good for the planet, but a good financial investment too: CaGBC
Canada’s built environment is a significant contributor to GHG emissions, with 17 per cent of GHGs coming from residential, commercial and institutional buildings. The standard approach for decreasing GHG emissions associated with Canada’s…
Consider climate impact on infrastructure suffering repeated flooding: experts
With key infrastructure in the Maritimes and Quebec again threatened by surging waterways, flooding experts say it's past time for fixes that consider worst-case climate change scenarios.The New Brunswick government announced…
NYC mayor takes aim at glass towers as energy hogs
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio presides over a city that's known for its skyscrapers but he is no fan of the glass towers that have transformed the Manhattan skyline in recent decades.De Blasio, a Democrat who is hinting at a…
Green buildings must do more to fix our climate emergency
After more than three decades of talk about the potential of building green, we’ve still failed to change the way we design and construct buildings so that the built environment stops being a dominant contributor to runaway climate change.…
‘This is a wake up call:’ swift action needed on rising seas, experts say
HALIFAX – Worrying figures released this week on the rising seas in Atlantic Canada should prompt governments and citizens to move more swiftly to protect coastal buildings and vital transport links, say flooding experts.Blair…
Canada’s EV charging network growing up as numbers and power improve
TORONTO – The electric vehicle road trip is becoming a practical reality as an increasing number of players work to close gaps in Canada's fast-charger networks and ease fears of getting stranded along the way.New entrants like…
Canada warming twice as fast as rest of the world, scientific report shows
OTTAWA – Canada is warming up twice as fast as the rest of the world and it's ``effectively irreversible,'' a new scientific report from Environment and Climate Change Canada says.At stake is just how bad that warming gets, said several…
State of Ontario’s climate policy is ‘frightening,’ watchdog says
TORONTO – Ontario's environmental commissioner issued dire warnings Wednesday about the ``frightening'' state of climate policy in the province as she delivered her office's last report.The Progressive Conservative government…
Menkes Announces Office Portfolio is now 100 Percent LEED certified
Menkes Developments Ltd. has announced that five buildings at the premier AeroCentre complex have achieved Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification from the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC). With this…
CaGBC launches ‘Disclosure Challenge’ to champion building data transparency
The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) has launched the CaGBC Disclosure Challenge initiative to support and champion the importance of data transparency in the Canadian real estate market and encourage broader uptake of benchmarking…