Environment

Three residential construction projects in three distinct Canadian climate zones used wood-fibre insulation panels to insulate exterior walls to demonstrate the suitability of the panels in Canadian climates.

Canada’s built environment is a significant contributor to GHG emissions, with 17 per cent of GHGs coming from residential, commercial and institutional buildings. The standard approach for decreasing GHG emissions associated with Canada’s…

After more than three decades of talk about the potential of building green, we’ve still failed to change the way we design and construct buildings so that the built environment stops being a dominant contributor to runaway climate change.…

Canada’s green building industry is evolving, and LEED certification is once again proving that it can too