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 gas
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 to get budgeting.
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 one of the
In an urban landscape punctuated by glass condos and gleaming offices, the four city-owned parcels that have bobbed to the surface of Toronto’s anxious conversation
When Toronto council recently upgraded its climate change plan, one of its 2050 goals was cutting emissions by 40% for every building. With more modern
Architects and contractors working in the far north, where the building season is short and the risk of water damage to building materials is high,
After years of inaction on climate change, the decade ahead has become the bracket in which humanity gets one last opportunity to at least contain
Given that Swedish eco-activist Greta Thunberg has shone a harsh light on air travel, there’s a certain cosmic elegance in the City of Edmonton’s ambitious
Last year, the City of Vancouver updated its green buildings regulations to require that all re-zoning applications meet either net zero or low-emissions standards, considered
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 “Modern Miracle Network”
When visitors enter the new Schulich School of Business building at York University in Toronto, many immediately pick up on two features that are often
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 sieves, with heating
In the expanding world of energy-efficient commercial buildings, designer projects with LEED certification and cutting-edge architecture tend to win the awards and garner public attention.
In the nerdy world of smart thermometers, every self-respecting tech geek knows precisely how easy it is to undermine the intelligence wired into these devices:
In the mid-2000s, with gravel quarry operators moving aggressively to carve huge aggregate mines out of southern Ontario’s limestone moraines, folk singer Sarah Harmer recorded
Going back to his childhood, Stephane Germain, the founder of Montreal-based GHGSat, dreamed of figuring out how to pursue a career that combined space, technology
When Québec’s financial services giant Desjardins decided to adopt a sustainability plan earlier in this decade, company officials began looking at a range of strategies,
According to federal government data, fully two-thirds of all the energy Canadians use to heat their homes is supplied by natural gas and propane. For
Early in the fall of 2017, a dozen municipalities from around the world resoundingly signalled that the long-awaited electric bus revolution had finally pulled out
The craziness of Vancouver’s real estate market, now the subject of frantic political attention, has revealed a rare kind of metric in dense urban environments.
Vancouver these days has become a city fixated by the curbside view of its gold-plated residential real estate. As the city obsesses over stratospheric house
“I’m going to give you a speech without a joke, I’m afraid.” Wearing a crisp black tuxedo, Mark Carney, the 50-year-old former governor of the
Last year, a University of Toronto student emailed the editors of The Varsity with a story idea about a local food service company. The student
Just after New Year’s Day, 2011, 17-year-old Patrick Desjardins reported for work at the Walmart store in Grand Falls, New Brunswick. An only child, he
