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Green roof wind standards may be coming soon to Canada
Canada is leading the way with the first standard test method for wind uplift for vegetated roof assemblies (VRAs). A research consortium led by wind expert Dr. Bas Baskaran of the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) is currently…
Can solar panels and green roofs work together? U of T’s GRIT Lab is set to find out.
The University of Toronto’s Green Roof Innovation Testing Laboratory (GRIT Lab) at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design has launched a new research project and web application that will expand its…
LEED growth in Canada continues in second quarter of 2014
The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) announced that the number of LEED registrations and certifications in Canada continued to grow during the second quarter of 2014, with 124 registrations and 109 certifications between April 1 and…
Benchmarking resolution endorsed by B.C. government association
Earlier this month, the Lower Mainland Local Government Association (LMLGA) of British Columbia, representing a large proportion of British Columbia's population encompassing the area between Whistler, Hope and Tsawwassen, endorsed an…
Capital Crimes
The City of Ottawa approved its new official 20-year Master Plan in November 2013 -- two decades that will prove pivotal. Governments seem firmly intent on seeing the economic future backwards through the lens of an analog, fossil fuel and…
LEED v4 Canadian Alternative Compliance Paths now available
The LEED v4 Alternative Compliance Paths (known as ACPs) for Canadian projects are now publically available, along with additional tools and support, for those wishing to pursue LEED v4 certification of their building project with the…
New report shows Canadian green building market growing steadily with owners seeing strong benefits…
The Canadian green building market is poised to see strong growth over the next three years, with surveyed Canadian firms expecting to grow their green practices from one third in 2014, to one half by 2017. These findings are part of a new…
Directory of green roof resources now available
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (GRHC), the non-profit membership-based industry association working to promote the green roof and wall industry in North America, has released a new resource—The Green Pages: 2014 Green Roof & Wall…
Built Green Canada launches challenge to municipalities
Coinciding with National Environment Week, Built Green Canada issues a challenge to municipalities across the country to encourage green building as part of their sustainability building policies.Municipalities incenting sustainable…
New report places Canada as top users of LEED outside the U.S.
Canada stands as the largest international market for LEED green buildings and boasts more square meters of LEED-certified space than any other nation outside the United States, according to a new report released today by the U.S. Green…