CarbiCrete Inc., Aecon, and Lafarge Canada Inc. formed a consortium to construct a low-carbon building in Ontario.
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The inaugural Forum on Low Carbon and Bio-based Construction (CBCB), hosted by the Centre d’expertise sur la construction commerciale en bois (Cecobois), convened at the Québec City Convention Centre in February.
To achieve a carbon-neutral built environment in less than three decades, there should be a sound, realistic, and globally applicable strategy for greener design, construction, and operation. This article lays out the pillars of...
The Canada Green Building Council (CAGBC) is leading an innovative effort to prepare professionals in the building and real estate industries for a future with reduced carbon emissions.
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.
Sustainable construction materials company, Lafarge Canada (Lafarge), and power company, TransAlta Corporation (TransAlta), have entered an agreement to advance low-carbon concrete projects in Alberta, replacing cement as a concrete constituent with a waste product,...
Recent efforts in North America to reduce embodied carbon in concrete are similar to British solutions to eradicate cobras in colonial India. Simple solutions often create bigger problems than the complex ones they were...
A public/private partnership has launched a program to eliminate more than 15 million tonnes (15 billion kg) of greenhouse gas emissions from cement and concrete production in Canada by 2030, followed by ongoing reductions...
Canadian developer Brivia Group has selected downtown Vancouver as the location for its 60-storey Passive House residential development.
Metro Vancouver’s Zero Emissions Building Exchange has launched its Building to Electrification Coalition with Passive House Canada.
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