Toronto parkades are the first two Retail Parksmart certifications in the world Ottawa, ON – October 15, 2018 – Canada’s first two certifications under the Parksmart sustainable parking certification system were announced today by Green Business Certification Inc. Canada (GBCI Canada). As the world’s only rating system designed to advance sustainable mobility through smarter parking […]
Image: Jennifer Benning, Ph.D., an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Mines, and Ph.D. student Jason Phillips pose in front of sedum plants on the roof of the main terminal at the Rapid City Regional Airport. RAPID CITY, SD (Oct. 11, 2018) – Visitors to the Rapid City Regional Airport can now take-in […]
Quebec City and Montreal, October 10, 2018 — Two of Econoler’s executives very recently published a book entitled Canadian Energy Efficiency Outlook: A National Effort for Tackling Climate Change, which is the very first comprehensive overview of Canada’s energy efficiency sector. By profiling the diverse environments that are favourable for improving energy efficiency across the Canadian […]
Canadian firm “changing the way we look at building design”, says Longo’s president OCTOBER 9, 2018 – Vaughan ON CANADA – Canadian grocery retailer Longo’s and tech innovator S2E today announced completion of Canada’s first “sustainable supermarket” at a Grand Ceremony in Stouffville. The Longo’s project – supported by Natural Resources Canada’s Energy Innovation Program – is the result of a collaboration between Longo’s, s2e Technologies and Neelands Group, with […]
Vancouver, BC: TimberWest announced today that it is committed to pursuing carbon neutrality over the next 10 years and has taken the first significant step in the process by measuring a total carbon footprint going beyond just its operations to incorporate supply chain energy use, forest carbon and its distribution network. Working with KPMG as an advisor […]
KELOWNA – Downtown Kelowna will soon be home to acutting-edge, “green” self-storage facility that will be the first of its kind in North America and one of 16 projects in Canada to participate in theZero Carbon Building Pilot Program. EcoLock Kelowna, a for-profit commercial development that combines self-storage and a co-workspace facility, willbe a five-floor, […]
Ottawa, ON – September 25, 2018 – As part of World Green Building Week, the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) and the Canada Coalition for Green Schoolsare happy to announce the winners of the annual CaGBC Greenest School in Canada competition: Lacombe Composite High School in Lacombe, AB, and Trinity College School in Port Hope, […]
CaGBC Atlantic Chapter announces Leadership and Green Building Award winners Halifax, NS – Sept 19, 2018 – Atlantic Canada’s green building projects and innovators were in the spotlight at the Halifax Convention Centre last night, as the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) honoured the 2018 CaGBC Atlantic Chapter Leadership & Green Building Award recipients as a […]
Beylikduzu Municipality Cumhuriyet Street Urban Design Project, designed by PDG Architects, is turning a public space into an open air museum and has aimed to obtain products that are important to humanity and which are not unscaled. Around the idea “Touching the green”, the project has been aimed to create the balance between the green […]
Since launching late last year, CaGBC’s Zero Carbon Building Program has already certified two buildings to ZCB-Design and one to ZCB-Performance – proving that getting to zero carbon is easier than you think. With 2030 targets less than 12 years away and added pressure on governments to strengthen building policies and codes, it is inevitable […]