In the case of Toronto’s 1 Hotel, its sustainability claim can be seen as an elegant elision of eco-spin, savvy business strategy
Some green buildings are turning out to be energy hogs, but stricter building codes might make lax certifications obsolete
Community energy companies are drawing on a wide range of low-carbon technologies to heat (and cool) entire neighbourhoods across North America
Just four years after launching a pilot plant in Canada, Li-Cycle has raised US$500 million from high profile investors to build out
A practical guide to swapping your furnace (and A/C) for a heat pump
The city has pushed more landlords to decarbonize their buildings, but nearly half are still scoring Ds and Fs in its letter
Many municipalities have not updated flood maps created in the 1970s in fear that revisions could expose them to liability for damages
From microgrids to smarter land-use planning rules, here are the trends to watch
Unlike the EU, only a tiny fragment of Canada’s methane from rotting food, manure and farm waste becomes marketable as renewable natural
Thousands of kilometres of natural gas lines spidering under big city streets could soon become stranded assets
Everything from sewage to cigarette butts can be used for paving – so why isn’t Canada revved about greener roads?
New IEA report calls for end of all fossil fuel production, a come-to-Jesus moment for Canada’s oil and gas industry. Canada needs
Tightening building standards could mean it’s curtain call for glass towers. Some innovators say otherwise.
Capturing the billions of dollars of heat that goes down drains globally is one climate fix touted in David Miller’s new book
Indoor air quality was always low on priority, but COVID-19 presents an important opportunity to build healthier schools
About a year ago, Canadian-born architect Kelly Alvarez Doran had an epiphany – or perhaps, more aptly, a wake-up call – about
In an urban landscape punctuated by glass condos and gleaming offices, the four city-owned parcels that have bobbed to the surface of
When Toronto council recently upgraded its climate change plan, one of its 2050 goals was cutting emissions by 40% for every building.
Architects and contractors working in the far north, where the building season is short and the risk of water damage to building
After years of inaction on climate change, the decade ahead has become the bracket in which humanity gets one last opportunity to
Given that Swedish eco-activist Greta Thunberg has shone a harsh light on air travel, there’s a certain cosmic elegance in the City
Last year, the City of Vancouver updated its green buildings regulations to require that all re-zoning applications meet either net zero or
Beyond the tight-knit world of Calgary’s oil patch executives and a redoubt of Ottawa-based conservative activists, few Canadians had heard of the
When visitors enter the new Schulich School of Business building at York University in Toronto, many immediately pick up on two features
It’s a fact of high-rise life that’s become all too familiar to legions of urban condo dwellers: many apartment buildings leak like
In the expanding world of energy-efficient commercial buildings, designer projects with LEED certification and cutting-edge architecture tend to win the awards and
In the nerdy world of smart thermometers, every self-respecting tech geek knows precisely how easy it is to undermine the intelligence wired
In the mid-2000s, with gravel quarry operators moving aggressively to carve huge aggregate mines out of southern Ontario’s limestone moraines, folk singer
Going back to his childhood, Stephane Germain, the founder of Montreal-based GHGSat, dreamed of figuring out how to pursue a career that
When Québec’s financial services giant Desjardins decided to adopt a sustainability plan earlier in this decade, company officials began looking at a
