Browsing Tag

Environment

Efficiency Capital launches product to fund sustainable maintenance

Building Oct 9, 2020

Offering a new way to leverage the financial and environmental rewards of recent building upgrades, energy developer and investment solutions provider Efficiency Capital has introduced eFunder, a new option for building owners to fund…

Construction

Infrastructure bank to invest $10 billion in priority areas for pandemic recovery

The Canadian Press Oct 1, 2020

OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau outlined Thursday how the Canada Infrastructure Bank intends to invest $10 billion in projects meant to create 60,000 jobs and contribute to the fight against climate change.''We will continue to…

Building

Rethinking ventilation systems to create healthier homes

Kevin Smith Aug 10, 2020

Every so often, one might feel the need to step outside or crack open a window to get some much-needed fresh air after spending an extended period of time indoors. After worldwide shelter-in-place orders confined many people to their homes,…

Sustainability

Wooden skyscrapers could transform construction by trapping carbon emissions

Warren Mabee, Queen's University Jul 27, 2020

The Mjøstårnet, an 18-storey mixed-use building constructed with engineered wood, overlooks Norway’s largest lake, in Brumunddal. (Woodify/YouTube) All over the world, architects and engineers are crafting cutting-edge skyscrapers from…

Building

USGBC and arbnco report reveals Opportunities in Green Building Initiatives

Building Apr 16, 2020

Building technology company arbnco and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) hosted a series of roundtable discussions with building and energy executives to promote transparency about evolving green initiatives.The findings of…

Construction

Nexii Announces First Full-scale Commercial Production Plant

Building Jan 29, 2020

Canadian sustainable building and construction company, Nexii Building Solutions Inc. (Nexii), is developing its first full-scale commercial production plant in Squamish, British Columbia.Nexii’s solution has the potential to…

Sustainability

Summerside to build solar farm that meets 62 percent of its electricity needs

Building Jan 26, 2020

Plans to construct a new 21-megawatt solar farm and a battery storage facility in Summerside, PEI have been announced. According to Infrastructure Canada, this renewable energy source will improve the energy efficiency of the City of…

Construction

Federal scientists study how to adapt building codes to climate change

Bob Weber - THE CANADIAN PRESS Jan 7, 2020

When storm winds howl and rivers flood, buildings take the brunt.And as climate change makes all kinds of extreme weather more frequent and more destructive, scientists at the National Research Council are trying to figure out how to…

Cities

We’re In This Together

Michelle Xuereb Dec 19, 2019

Do you remember where you were when the ice storm hit in 2013? If you weren’t here, imagine waking up to a city coated in ice. The tree branches were hauntingly beautiful, shimmering while making an unnerving creaking sound. We’d woken up…

Construction

Getting Active on Passive

Natalie Leonard Dec 18, 2019

Public awareness of the global climate crisis is increasing rapidly, and so is Net-Zero Passive House building in residential and commercial construction. Now is the perfect time for builders to specialize in this rapidly growing market…

1 2 3 … 39 Next