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Whole life-cycle costing: DCHSC case study

Chelvan Ramalingam and Tess Hoover Mar 25, 2020

Built to serve as a hub for interdisciplinary collaboration, the complex is a multi-functional development consisting of academic, residential, and administrative space. Completed in 2019, just in time for the start of the new school year,…

Sustainability

Canada Green Building Council updates Zero Carbon Building Standard

Building Mar 12, 2020

The Canada Green Building Council’s (CaGBC) recent updates to its Zero Carbon Building (ZCB) Standard is designed to accelerate adoption of zero carbon building practices – and help the country meet its climate targets.According to…

Sustainability

Canada’s first zero-carbon, mass timber higher-education building revealed

Building Feb 27, 2020

Centennial College is collaborating with EllisDon, DIALOG and Smoke Architecture to construct a mass timber higher-education building based on the concept of “two-eyed seeing”.If it were completed today, the development would be the…

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Hines and Tridel announce LEED Platinum Certification for Aqualina at Bayside

Building Feb 21, 2020

As the flagship condominium residence in the master-planned Bayside Toronto Community, Aqualina at Bayside’s 13-storey building is the first high-rise condo in the city to receive LEED Platinum Certification.Nearly a decade has…

Cities

Montreal pulls plug on electric scooters for 2020 after rules flouted

The Canadian Press Feb 20, 2020

Montreal is kicking electric scooter-sharing services off its streets after a trial run didn't go as planned.The city says that despite regulations, only 20 per cent of scooters were actually parked in one of the 410 designated…

Building

Hotel next to Vancouver General Hospital receives approval by City Council

Building Feb 7, 2020

A 437-room hotel next to Vancouver General Hospital received unanimous approval by Vancouver Council. Designed by Arno Matis Architecture, this commercial project seeks to leverage upon its strategic location along the Broadway Transit…

Sustainability

B.C Cities Kick off Pilot Project to Benchmark Carbon Emissions

Building Jan 30, 2020

Four British Columbia Lower Mainland cities kicked off a pilot project designed to help building owners and managers easily “benchmark” and disclose the energy and emissions of their properties.The cities of Burnaby, Richmond,…

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EVE Park Community Gets Zoning Approval from City of London

Building Jan 27, 2020

The London city council has approved zoning by-laws for the net-zero energy EVE Park project on December 10, followed by the requisite appeal period as of January 13.Derek Satnik, Vice President of Technology, Smart Communities for…

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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…

Cities

Cities need to innovate to improve transportation and reduce emissions

Shauna Brail, University of Toronto Jan 26, 2020

Mobility is essential to urban life. It contributes to people’s ability to access work, food, education, leisure and more. It also contributes to climate change.According to C40 Cities, cities are both a significant source of challenge…

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