How can spending time at a park today help ease the problems of tomorrow? At the E-Pop park, visitors don’t just have fun, they learn about energy too. It’s a beautiful day at the park with your family—except something is a little different. Visitors ride stationary bikes instead of taking turns on the swing set. […]
Class A building in the Byward Market also becomes Ottawa’s first Zero Carbon certified building Ottawa, ON – June 13, 2018 – The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) announced today that 100 Murray Street in Ottawa, ON has been awarded Canada’s first Zero Carbon Building (ZCB) – Performance certification. The Bentall Kennedy managed, Class A […]
Honeywell (NYSE: HON), a global leader in Connected Buildings, today introduced Honeywell Vector Space Sense, a software solution that shows where, when and how building spaces are used at any given point in time. As a result, the building operations team can make better-informed real estate and space usage decisions that provide opportunities to optimize […]
Toronto, ON (June 7, 2018) – The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) awarded PCL Constructors Canada Inc. (Toronto) and its partners with its 2018 Excellence in Green Building: New Construction Institutional Award for Humber River Hospital (HRH), in recognition of the team’s leadership in delivering a new construction project that exemplifies the merits of sustainable […]
TORONTO, ON – June 8, 2018 – Canada’s green building projects and innovators were in the spotlight last night as the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) honoured the 2018 Leadership and Green Building Excellence Award recipients as a part of Building Lasting Change, the 2018 CaGBC National Conference and Showcase. The annual Leadership Awards recognize […]
Industry leads the way in climate mitigation ahead of regulation, while all orders of government increase commitment to sustainable building For Immediate Release—Concurrent with National Environment Week, Built Green Canada announces its fifth annual challenge to municipalities across the country to raise awareness of the importance of sustainable building practices, to challenge municipalities to encourage […]
178 GW of renewable power added globally in 2017 Renewable power accounted for 70% of net additions to global power generating capacity in 2017, the largest increase in renewable power capacity in modern history, according to REN21’s Renewables 2018 Global Status Report (GSR). But the heating, cooling and transport sectors – which together account for […]
Media are invited to attend Building Lasting Change 2018, the CaGBC National Conference and Expo where you can have access to Canadian green building and sustainability experts (from the fields of architecture, construction, development, policy, engineering and real estate. CaGBC NATIONAL CONFERENCE – Building Lasting Change 2018 with WorldGBC Congress What: Opportunity to speak […]
ICE District’s Stantec Tower soars over downtown reaching 54 stories ICE District Properties Joint Venture is pleased to announce the impressive beacon of Edmonton’s downtown, Stantec Tower, has now reached 54 stories (646 feet), making it Edmonton’s tallest tower. This milestone marks a new monument for Edmonton, changing the city’s skyline with its innovative […]
The Joyce Centre for Partnership & Innovation is also Canada’s first institutional building to receive the certification May 23, 2018 – Hamilton, ON – Mohawk College has been awarded Zero Carbon Building – Design certification from the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) for the Joyce Centre for Partnership & Innovation. The Joyce Centre is the […]