In response to the increasing threat of climate change-induced floods, Montreal has announced plans to construct 30 urban “sponge” parks and 400 additional sponge sidewalks by 2025, to help the city handle heavy rainfall...
Tag: Climate Change
Canadian condominium builder, Tridel, received several awards at the 2023 Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) Awards, including Green Builder of the Year for a record 14th time.
Government of Canada will provide $526,785 to a custom home builder in N.S. to support a project conducting front-end engineering design studies of deep energy retrofits for six municipally owned buildings in Sask., Ont.,...
Two projects by the Government of Canada have increased the capacity of New Brunswick’s engineers, land-use planning professionals, and environmental non-government organizations to adapt to climate change in the buildings sector through education, training,...
The push towards HFO-based sprayfoam technology is the latest step in an ongoing evolution to phase out the use of chemicals known to harm the ozone and climate. This article will explain the blowing...
The Wind Engineering, Energy, and Environment (WindEEE) Research Facility received $3,887,057 federal grant aimed at helping advance the organization’s goal to enhance climate resiliency and sustainability of the built environment and strengthen the systems...
Two initiatives received funding to help improve negative climate conditions to ensure new and existing structures continue to support the health, safety, and prosperity of Canadians.
Vancouver’s St. Paul’s hospital and health campus’ completion date has been postponed to an undetermined date as architects redesign the building to withstand future flooding that may come with rising sea levels in the...
Climate change makes waterproofing vital
(02/06/2020)
Climate change poses challenges for building professionals tasked with the job of protecting structures from water damage. By becoming a part of the concrete, crystalline admixtures remove the need for a waterproofing membrane.
The National Research Council Canada (NRC) is working to integrate climate resiliency into building and infrastructure design, guides, and codes. In this article, the authors present a framework for climate-resilient design of commercial roofs...
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