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The 2021 EEBA Team Zero Inventory of Zero Energy Homes is Now Underway

Building Jan 11, 2022

The Energy & Environmental Building Alliance (EEBA) is embarking on the 6th annual EEBA Team Zero Inventory of Zero Energy Homes and invites all zero energy (ZE) builders, designers, architects, developers and owners to upload their…

Construction

Hurdles ahead: Uncovering future challenges faced by the AEC industry

Markku Allison Nov 15, 2021

Hundreds of millions more people will settle in the world’s cities in the coming decades. Artificial intelligence will continue to transform every aspect of our lives. Buildings, streets and infrastructure will be hyper-connected…

Sustainability

A coalition reveals 26 built environment climate action initiatives at COP26

Building Nov 11, 2021

A coalition of business and government groups announce 26 climate action initiatives at Cities, Regions and Built Environment Day at COP26.The initiatives include the Race to Zero Commitment to achieve net zero carbon by 2050 at the…

Sustainability

Vancouver housing pilot project to tackle 21st century urban challenges

Helen Goodland and Binoy Mascarenhas Nov 1, 2021

As Canada continues to urbanize and big-city home prices and rents remain volatile, our affordable housing providers will face tough challenges in the years ahead. Here in Vancouver, land costs are soaring, and construction is already the…

Building

Stantec to acquire select Cardno businesses to grow Environmental Services footprint

Building Oct 29, 2021

Stantec announced it has entered into share purchase agreements to acquire the North America and Asia Pacific engineering and consulting groups (the Select Assets) of Cardno Limited.Under the terms of the Acquisition, Stantec will…

Construction

U of T Engineering professor on a mission to lower concrete’s carbon footprint

Tyler Irving, U of T News Oct 21, 2021

By Tyler Irving, U of T NewsFor Douglas Hooton, the main challenge of building sustainably with concrete isn’t really the chemistry or the engineering – it’s trust.“Construction is a very conservative industry, and it’s very…

Sustainability

Stantec awarded global architect-engineer services contract by the United States Agency for…

Building Sep 21, 2021

Stantec has been selected by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to provide global architect-engineer (A/E) services through a five-year, US$800 million multiple-award task order contract. Services under this…

Building

Real sustainability must start with the house and the home

Gary Martin Aug 19, 2021

I was a carpenter and contractor for decades during and in between university. In 2008 an old injury flared up, forcing me to start looking for something else to do. I had some pressing questions about how we build and use our homes, so I…

Urban Planning

Canada needs infrastructure that can handle climate change, report says

John Woodside, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Jul 12, 2021

NATIONAL OBSERVERCanada should act fast to protect critical infrastructure from climate breakdown by building resiliency into ports, power grids, bridges, and more, the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) says.…

Building

Canada needs a mission-based approach to decarbonize buildings, says Efficiency Canada

Building Jun 25, 2021

There is no pathway to achieving Canada’s greenhouse gas reduction commitments that does not include retrofitting Canada’s millions of residential and commercial buildings.Yet, at the current pace it will take 142 years to retrofit…

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