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Built Environment

Surveying the infrastructure, spaces and buildings in which we live and work, and their impacts on wellbeing.

No vacancy
By Dave Lank
Montréal’s Entremise is full of new ideas for empty buildings
The 2018 Green Tower Ranking
An examination of building energy performance across Canada
Closing the carbon loophole
By Erica Gies
Governments aim to stop offshoring emissions
Breaking the gas habit
By John Lorinc
Why a transition away from natural gas for home heating is both onerous and necessary

	No vacancy By Dave Lank Built Environment
	Montréal’s Entremise is full of new ideas for empty buildings

	The 2018 Green Tower Ranking Built Environment
	An examination of building energy performance across Canada

	Closing the carbon loophole By Erica Gies Built Environment
	Governments aim to stop offshoring emissions

	Breaking the gas habit By John Lorinc Built Environment
	Why a transition away from natural gas for home heating is both onerous and necessary

	Retooling the suburbs By Jeremy Runnalls Built Environment
	A discussion with urbanist Markus Moos about suburban ways of living in 21st century Canada

	Safer streets By Angie Schmitt Built Environment
	Portland will reduce residential speed limits to 20 miles per hour

	Capital idea By Jeremy Runnalls Built Environment
	London mayor unveils draft plan to densify suburbs, tackle congestion

	Bus lanes are the new parking lanes By Angie Schmitt Built Environment
	American cities are getting smarter about using curb space to prioritize transit, biking and walking.

	Less buzz By Tim Radford Built Environment
	Shock decline in flying insects across Germany: report

	Boston weighs strategies for staying dry By Eric Bender Built Environment
	A multi-billion-dollar seawall is among climate adaptation options under consideration for the iconic coastal city.

	Circling the block By Dorina Pojani, Iderlina Mateo-Babiano, Jonathan Corcoran and Neil Sipe Built Environment
	Freeing up the huge areas set aside for parking can transform our cities

	Industrial symbiosis By Lillian Childress Built Environment
	Nature’s lessons for industry

	Flood waters By Angie Schmitt Built Environment
	How Houston’s sprawl makes it harder to cope with storms like Harvey

	The journey to transit By Paula Santos Rocha and Paula Tanscheit Built Environment
	Building better cities for pedestrians means connecting the ‘last mile’

	Circling the block By Stephen Miller Built Environment
	Parking reform's implications for sustainable transit and ride-hailing