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Toyota Mobility Foundation Announces Finalists for the City Architecture for Tomorrow Challenge
The Toyota Mobility foundation (TMF) has announced RUNWITHIT Synthetics, among six solution ideas, as a finalist for the City Architecture for Tomorrow Challenge (CATCH) program.The Foundation launched CATCH in February 2020 with a…
Toronto receives Canada’s first IREE certified strata owned condominium
A strata-owned condominium, YCC 380 at 301 Prudential Drive in Toronto, has become the first private multi-unit residential building (MURB) in Canada to achieve Investor Ready Energy Efficiency (IREE) certification for an energy efficiency…
GCCA launches a new biodiversity policy
The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) launched a new policy document which outlines steps that GCCA members commit to taking to work towards the achievement of Net Positive Impact in cement, concrete and aggregates operations.…
Stantec, Merrick, and Dialog joint venture selected by Government of Canada for multi year renewal…
FRAMEWORK Design Partners (``FRAMEWORK''), a joint venture of leading Canadian design firms Stantec, Merrick and Dialog, was recently awarded a base contract by the Government of Canada to support the renewal of government research…
Efficiency Capital’s WoodGreen Retrofit Project achieves Canada’s first IREE Certification
Efficiency Capital’s comprehensive efficiency retrofit project at multiple WoodGreen Community Housing buildings is the first project in Canada to achieve the Investor Ready Energy Efficiency (IREE) certification, awarded by Green Business…
Builders laud green grants, but warn that Liberal climate plan could hike home costs
The Liberal government's new $15-billion climate action plan includes welcome incentives for green renovations, the Canadian Home Builders' Association said Monday.But the CHBA also warned that regulators must be careful not to raise…
Half of Ontario’s Greenbelt Council quits in wake of chair’s protest resignation
Half of the remaining members of Ontario's Greenbelt Council have followed their former chairman's lead by stepping down in protest of pending environmental reforms.Six members, all appointed under the previous Liberal government,…
Ontario Association of Architects Joins Workforce 2030
The Ontario Association of Architects (OAA), along with 14 other design and construction stakeholders, has signed the declaration to join Workforce 2030, a new coalition led by the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC).This broad, …
New report benchmarks where provinces rank on the energy efficiency policies
The federal government introduced Bill C-12: An Act respecting transparency and accountability in Canada’s efforts to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2050.Prior to the federal government’s announcement, Carleton…
How ‘net-zero’ and ‘passive’ houses can cut carbon emissions — and energy…
From the street, you wouldn’t be able to tell a net-zero or passive house from any other recently built home. Even from the inside, the only visible clues are thick walls and deep windowsills. Only if you looked at the utilities bill…