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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…
BOMA Canada Launches 2019 Net Zero Challenge
The Building Owners and Managers Association of Canada (BOMA Canada) is excited to announce year 2 of the Net Zero Challenge, supported by Natural Resources Canada and sponsored by Bullfrog Power. The Net Zero Challenge continues to…
3XN-designed timber office building in Toronto aspires to be tallest in North America
International real estate firm Hines has announced plans for T3 Bayside, the first office building in Toronto’s emerging Bayside community, located on the shores of Lake Ontario. Designed by the Danish architecture firm 3XN with architect…
Report: Great Lakes feeling effects of rapid climate warming
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – The Great Lakes region is warming faster than the rest of the U.S., a trend likely to bring more extreme storms while also degrading water quality, worsening erosion and posing tougher challenges for farming,…
8-storey hybrid wood commercial building set to rise in Toronto
The race is on for the tallest of the tall timber buildings in Canada. In Toronto, one contender is 77 Wade Avenue, designed by Bogdan Newman Caranci (BNC) Architects and Urban Design. If completed today, it would be the tallest modern mass…
Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s budget speech
OTTAWA – Thank you, Mr. Speaker.Last week, I was back home in Toronto–where I had a chance to visit with some young people at the Boys and Girls Club in Regent Park.It was March Break last week, so they were pretty focused on having…
B.C. building code adjusted upwards to allow 12 storey wood buildings
OKANAGAN FALLS, B.C. – The height limit for wood buildings in British Columbia is rising to 12 from six storeys in a move that Premier John Horgan expects to spur development using timber and give the province a headstart on other parts of…
As climate changes, the way we build homes must change too
About 100 homes in Angus, Ont. were damaged by a tornado in June 2014. Ten lost their roofs and had to be demolished. Gregory Alan Kopp, Western University, Author providedThe impacts of floods, wildfires and other catastrophic…