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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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Built Environment
New study proves the financial case for zero carbon buildingsSponsored Feature
It’s a fact: Zero Carbon Buildings are not only good for the planet, but a good financial investment too.
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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 |