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Toronto receives Canada’s first IREE certified strata owned condominium

Building Jan 25, 2021

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…

Building

UBC Centre for Advanced Wood Processing announces the Future of Prefabrication Symposium

Building Jan 21, 2021

The UBC Centre for Advanced Wood Processing (CAWP) is hosting a symposium regarding the Future of Prefabrication in collaboration with the UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA), British Columbia Institute of…

Sustainability

Efficiency Capital’s WoodGreen Retrofit Project achieves Canada’s first IREE Certification

Building Dec 18, 2020

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…

Construction

Builders laud green grants, but warn that Liberal climate plan could hike home costs

Anita Balakrishnan – THE CANADIAN PRESS Dec 17, 2020

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…

Urban Planning

OAA announces 2020 Queen’s Park Picks as part of World Architecture Day

Building Dec 10, 2020

In light of COVID-19 and in the interest of public safety, the Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) celebrated this year's World Architecture Day and the annual Queen’s Park Picks event online to ensure exemplary structures continue to…

Urban Planning

Half of Ontario’s Greenbelt Council quits in wake of chair’s protest resignation

The Canadian Press Dec 7, 2020

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,…

Sustainability

New report benchmarks where provinces rank on the energy efficiency policies

Building Nov 30, 2020

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…

Sustainability

Ontario Auditor General finds the province falling short on energy efficiency

Building Nov 23, 2020

The Ontario Auditor General released a 2020 Value-for-Money-Audit which includes a section on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from energy use in buildings. Efficiency Canada’s 2020 Provincial Energy Efficiency Scorecard provides added…

Sustainability

Concordia shapes the future of urban life with the Next-Generation Cities Institute

Building Nov 18, 2020

Concordia University is assembling more than 200 researchers within 14 Research Centers from science, engineering, the arts and humanities disciplines to establish the Next-Generation Cities Institute. The Institute focuses on a variety of…

Sustainability

E bike pilot rolls forward in City of North Vancouver

Elisia Seeber, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Nov 12, 2020

NORTH SHORE NEWSThe City of North Vancouver is continuing to roll towards its goal of a sustainable future, endorsing an e-bike share pilot program to make it easier to get around town.Councillors voted unanimously at Monday's…

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