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Funding from Western Economic Diversification Canada was announced last month at the BCIT Great Northern Way Campus in Vancouver.
Photo courtesy BCIT. Photo © Scott McAlpine.
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| To strengthen B.C.'s green building sector, the Canadian government is investing more than $500,000 in the British Columbia Institute of Technology's (BCIT's) research on green roof and living wall technologies. |
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CSC News
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| Construction Specifications Canada (CSC) and the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) are seeking comments on proposed revisions to the 1998 UniFormat. |
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Top Stories
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| Calgary's Eighth Avenue Place is the first high-rise office building in Canada to be pre-certified under the U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC's) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Core and Shell (LEED–CS) program. |
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| Last month, Vancouver Aquarium was recognized for green wall design at the Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (GRHC) annual Awards of Excellence. Sharp & Diamond Landscape Architecture won the award for their work on the aquarium's living wall built to replicate native cliff ecology. The overall project combined indigenous plantings, stormwater management strategies, green roofs, and a living wall. The green wall was designed to align with client interests, create an enjoyable space, and offset issues of surrounding noise and parking. |
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| A ballet school and university were among the winners of the 2008 National Urban Design Awards. Presented by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC), Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP), and Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), the awards recognize projects that blend architecture, urban planning, and landscape design to create livable and sustainable communities. |
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| In the wake of extensive fire damage to dozens of townhouse duplexes in south Edmonton last year, the Alberta government has designed a more stringent fire code for construction sites and homes. |
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Calendar
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June 11-12
Shifting Into the Mainstream
Canada Green Building Council
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Toronto, Ont.
www.shiftingintothemainstream.ca June 15-20
CSA Annual Conference
Canadian Standards Association
Westin Calgary
Calgary, Alberta
www.csa.ca/annualconference June 18-21
CRCA Annual Conference
Canadian Roofing Contractors Association
Westin Bayshore
Vancouver, B.C.
www.roofingcanada.com June 25-28
RAIC Conference and Festival of Architecture
Royal Architectural Institute of Canada
Delta Fredericton
Fredericton, N.B.
www.aanb.org
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