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LafargeHolcim Brings Carbon Capture Project to Canada
LafargeHolcim is improving the carbon-efficiency of its cement with the launch of the CO₂MENT partnership project with Inventys and Total.According to LafargeHolcim, the project’s objective is to build the world’s first full-cycle…
Why Canada’s political system makes it difficult to fight floods
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources fire rangers wade through floodwaters as they deploy pumps in Pembroke, Ont., in May 2019. Too many authorities involved in fighting flood risks can often paralyze flood management efforts.
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Carleton University’s Burak Gunay Receives Funding to Improve Building Efficiency
Carleton University’s Burak Gunay, and fellow researchers Liam O’Brien and Scott Bucking, have received $510,000 from the NRCan Green Infrastructure Fund to develop new data-mining tools that will improve building energy efficiency,…
Electric Vehicle Fast-Charging Hub Coming to Toronto Pearson Airport
The Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister for Environment and Climate Change Canada, on behalf of the Honourable Amarjeet Sohi, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources, have announced an investment of $491,000 for the Greater Toronto…
Brampton secures investment for largest single global electric bus pilot
The Government of Canada has made a significant investment in the milestone Pan-Canadian Electric Bus Demonstration and Integration Trial in Brampton. The Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced…
Carleton’s Cynthia Cruickshank Receives Funding to Create New Technologies That Reduce Emissions in…
Cynthia Cruickshank, Carleton University’s professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering — and director of CU-CABER, has received $5.1 million in funding from the NRCan Energy Innovation Program, and the Ontario…
Canadian Tire’s Distribution Centre Receives LEED Gold Certification
Canadian Tire Corporation (CTC) announced that its Distribution Centre (DC) in Caledon, Ontario has received LEED Gold certification by the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC).CTC designed the Distribution Centre to be 46 per cent…
Canon Canada’s Brampton HQ Awarded LEED Gold Certification
Canon Canada Inc. has announced that it has been awarded LEED Gold for New Construction and Major Renovations 2009 certification for its corporate headquarters, located in Brampton, Ontario.Canon Canada's head office reflects its…
Ontario appoints special adviser on flooding
Ontario has appointed a special adviser on flooding to recommend ways the province can reduce the impacts of flooding and help communities deal with them.Doug McNeil is a former Manitoba deputy minister of infrastructure and…
For green cities to become mainstream, we need to learn from local success stories and scale up
Melbourne has a rich legacy of urban parks thanks to planning decisions made when the city was first established.
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Greening our cities has become one of the great global imperatives of the 21st century including to tackle…