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

	Built Environment Mission: Efficiency Report: Canada needs a war-time level of mobilization to ensure that all buildings are refurbished no later than 2050 By Shawn McCarthy

	2021 Best 50 Issue Paved with good intentions Everything from sewage to cigarette butts can be used for paving – so why isn’t Canada revved about greener roads? By John Lorinc

	Built Environment Canada’s buildings are a climate drag – can they pick up the pace? PACE financing programs could help tackle Canada’s climate building problem– but only if they grow at unprecedented speed By Dianne Saxe

	2021 Indigenous Issue Glass buildings have been singled out as climate disasters. Can they be reformed? Tightening building standards could mean it’s curtain call for glass towers. Some innovators say otherwise. By John Lorinc

	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 By John Lorinc

	Built Environment How to trigger a net-zero building wave Roundtable makes business case for deep retrofits and net-zero new builds By Shawn McCarthy

	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 By Mireille Ghoussoub & Alexandra Tavasoli

	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 By John Lorinc

	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 By John Lorinc

	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 By John Lorinc

	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 By Shawn McCarthy

	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 By Tom-Pierre Frappé-Sénéclauze

	Planning for a green recovery Roundtable weighs in on recovering stronger with a green renovation wave Takeaways from our first roundtable By Rick Spence

	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 By CK Staff

	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 By Ralph Torrie and Céline Bak

	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 By Ralph Torrie

	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 By John Lorinc

	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 By John Lorinc

	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 By John Lorinc

	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 By John Lorinc

	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 By John Lorinc

	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 By Laura Väyrynen

	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 By John Lorinc

	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 By Chris Chopik

	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 By John Lorinc