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2021 Global 100 Issue
Pipe dreams and other climate visions
Capturing the billions of dollars of heat that goes down drains globally is one climate fix touted in David Miller’s new book
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Built Environment
How to trigger a net-zero building wave
Roundtable makes business case for deep retrofits and net-zero new builds
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Built Environment
Is it time for an ethical renaissance in the engineering profession?
In light of the climate emergency, the time has come for Canada’s engineering regulators to get a makeover
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Built Environment
The push to pump fresh air into schools
Indoor air quality was always low priority, but COVID-19 presents an important opportunity to build healthier schools
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2020 Best 50 Issue
The blind spot of low-carbon buildings
Focusing on energy efficiency has blinded us to other unintended consequences of building materials–but a revolution is afoot
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2020 Spring Issue
The case for funding more affordable green housing
Sustainably designed affordable housing projects are increasingly critical to meeting climate and housing crises
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Planning for a green recovery
Roundtable: Greening Canada’s electricity could help kickstart economy
Unprecedented federal-provincial co-operation needed to overcome the balkanization of country’s electricity, say panelists
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Planning for a green recovery
How to ready Canada’s buildings for the climate of tomorrow
Three approaches to making sure Canada's homes can stand up to extreme weather and slash their emissions
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Planning for a green recovery
Roundtable weighs in on recovering stronger with a green renovation wave
Takeaways from our first roundtable
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Planning for a green recovery
CK TV: Watch our first roundtable on Building Back Better post-COVID
First in our seven-part series: a conversation on Building Back Better through a green renovation wave
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Planning for a green recovery
Building Back Better with a green renovation wave
The retrofit industry must be scaled for its “Model T moment” to help Canada’s economy recover after COVID-19
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Planning for a green recovery
Plugging in to energy efficiency key to electrifying Canada’s economy
Putting energy efficiency at heart of Canada's recovery strategy will create green building and EV-manufacturing jobs
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Built Environment
Sealing the deal: The case for cladding leaky old highrises
Re-cladding 18-storey affordable housing unit will help make Ken Sobel Tower North America's first passive house retrofit
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Built Environment
Out-of-the-box thinking spawns low-carbon construction revolution
Vancouver startup brings in former mayor to drum up business for certified low-carbon modular builds
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Built Environment
Five planet-saving building ideas we need to nail down in 2020
From heating offices with sewage energy to fast-tracking timber buildings, axing carbon must be the decade’s top trend
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Built Environment
Oil Town building carbon neutral community powered by 100% renewables
Edmonton slowly erecting one of the world's largest purpose-built sustainable neighbourhoods
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Built Environment
Powerhouse building produces more energy than it needs
Norway's Powerhouse Brattørkaia isn’t merely a net zero office building – solar and deep-water energy make it energy positive
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Built Environment
Capital Plan for Clean Prosperity: Greening buildings would turbocharge Canada’s GDP
If federal parties adopt bold Zero-Carbon Building Fund, they could significantly boost GDP, jobs and slash GHGs by 2025
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Built Environment
York’s “bioclimatic” business school building is breath of fresh of air
Five-storey solar chimney and smart windows and shades are part of Schulich's radical response to climate crisis
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Built Environment
Canada’s real estate sector needs to own up to climate risks
Following the latest catastrophic weather events, real estate sector needs more disclosure and resilience tools
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Built Environment
How drones are heat mapping high-rise energy guzzlers
Drafty high-rises are the gas guzzlers of the building world and infrared drones are swooping in to spot costly energy leaks
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Built Environment
Building innovation: Going green pays off for one of Canada’s Big 5 banks
Buildings account for roughly 20% of Canada’s carbon footprint - CIBC is banking on shrinking theirs
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2019 Best 50 Issue
Greening the concrete jungle
Are low-carbon aluminum, cement and steel pipe dreams or the blueprint for a brighter future?
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Spring Issue 2019
Smart buildings: how AI is slashing heating and cooling bills
With artificial intelligence analytics and wireless sensors, buildings are growing smarter - and closer to zero footprint
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Spring Issue 2019
Spotlight on green building innovation: Library Square Tower, Vancouver |