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Beaverbrook and Stantec Celebrate International Planning Award from the RTPI
The Sustainability Plaza in The Hills at Charlesworth, an Edmonton-based project developed by Beaverbrook Communities in association with Stantec, has won the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) International Award for Planning Excellence.…
evolv1 achieves dual Zero Carbon Building certification
The Cora Group has achieved dual certification for evolv1 under the Zero Carbon Building Standard. The building is the second to receive the Canada Green Building Council’s (CaGBC) Zero Carbon Building Standard – Design and Zero Carbon…
The Delicate Art of Heritage Construction
Imagine having to reconstruct a building that is a designated heritage property. Having to carefully salvage thousands of 100-year-old bricks, and then reapply them the way a mason would have a century ago. Think about the amount of care…
Flood costs in Canada could nearly triple by 2030 with no mitigation
OTTAWA – The yearly bills from overflowing rivers and rising seas in Canada could nearly triple by 2030 if Canada doesn't do more to improve flood protection, a new analysis suggested Thursday.The Aqueduct Floods project of the…
Sustainable Buildings Canada releases online open-source platform
Sustainable Buildings Canada (SBC) has created an online open-source platform for sharing information and ideas. The organization states that it is committed to assisting in combatting the COVID-19 pandemic in the best way it can.…
Canada Green Building Council updates Zero Carbon Building Standard
The Canada Green Building Council’s (CaGBC) recent updates to its Zero Carbon Building (ZCB) Standard is designed to accelerate adoption of zero carbon building practices – and help the country meet its climate targets.According to…
Energy Impact Center Launches Blueprint for Nuclear Power Plant Design
The Energy Impact Center (EIC) has launched an open-source blueprint for the design, construction and financing of nuclear power plants called the OPEN100 project.Bret Kugelmass, a robotics pioneer, founded the EIC in 2017 to…
Canada’s first zero-carbon, mass timber higher-education building revealed
Centennial College is collaborating with EllisDon, DIALOG and Smoke Architecture to construct a mass timber higher-education building based on the concept of “two-eyed seeing”.If it were completed today, the development would be the…
Hines and Tridel announce LEED Platinum Certification for Aqualina at Bayside
As the flagship condominium residence in the master-planned Bayside Toronto Community, Aqualina at Bayside’s 13-storey building is the first high-rise condo in the city to receive LEED Platinum Certification.Nearly a decade has…
B.C Cities Kick off Pilot Project to Benchmark Carbon Emissions
Four British Columbia Lower Mainland cities kicked off a pilot project designed to help building owners and managers easily “benchmark” and disclose the energy and emissions of their properties.The cities of Burnaby, Richmond,…