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Mission: Efficiency

by Shawn McCarthy

Report: Canada needs a war-time level of mobilization to ensure that all buildings are refurbished no later than 2050

Greener roads
Built Environment/Summer 2021

Paved with good intentions

by John Lorinc

Everything from sewage to cigarette butts can be used for paving – so why isn’t Canada revved about greener roads?

Built Environment

Canada’s buildings are a climate drag – can they pick up the pace?

by Dianne Saxe

PACE financing programs could help tackle Canada’s climate building problem– but only if they grow at unprecedented speed

Built Environment/Spring 2021

Glass buildings have been singled out as climate disasters. Can they be reformed?

by John Lorinc

Tightening building standards could mean it’s curtain call for glass towers. Some innovators say otherwise.

Built Environment/Winter 2021

Pipe dreams and other climate visions

by John Lorinc

Capturing the billions of dollars of heat that goes down drains globally is one climate fix touted in David Miller’s new book

Built Environment

How to trigger a net-zero building wave

by Shawn McCarthy

Roundtable makes business case for deep retrofits and net-zero new builds

Built Environment

Is it time for an ethical renaissance in the engineering profession?

by Mireille Ghoussoub and Alexandra Tavasoli

In light of the climate emergency, the time has come for Canada’s engineering regulators to get a makeover

Built Environment/Fall 2020

The push to pump fresh air into schools

by John Lorinc

Indoor air quality was always low on priority, but COVID-19 presents an important opportunity to build healthier schools

low-carbon buildings
Built Environment/Summer 2020

The blind spot of low-carbon buildings

by John Lorinc

About a year ago, Canadian-born architect Kelly Alvarez Doran had an epiphany – or perhaps, more aptly, a wake-up call – about

The case for funding more green affordable housing
Built Environment/Spring 2020

The case for funding more green affordable housing

by John Lorinc

In an urban landscape punctuated by glass condos and gleaming offices, the four city-owned parcels that have bobbed to the surface of

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