Building to Zero Exchange (BTZx) was recently launched in Halifax, marking a significant stride in advancing cross-sector collaboration and capacity building within the building industry, with a specific emphasis on low-carbon buildings.
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Enbridge Sustain, an energy solutions company, and SEAN, a developer of sustainable housing, will build a new 73-unit townhome and condo community in Barrie that will be sustainably heated and cooled using a dedicated...
Effective as of May, the BC Building Code introduced changes to require better energy efficiency in most new buildings in the province, and either encourage or require lower carbon emissions in new buildings.
Choosing metal roofs for solar photovoltaics
(04/28/2023)
With the cost of solar decreasing significantly over the last decade, in addition to the new tax incentives driving the popularity of solar, the breakeven and return on investment (ROI) improves every year—this is...
PCL and Limberlost Place partners are celebrating a significant construction milestone at George Brown College’s (GBC’s) Limberlost Place with the installation of a two-storey mass timber pedestrian bridge erected 19.8 m (65 ft) above...
The Government of Canada will invest in the construction of a carbon capture utilization and storage facility (CCUS) in Edmonton, for the global cement company, Heidelberg Materials.
McMaster University is implementing a geothermal system to heat its new campus greenhouse, which is currently being constructed near the Life Sciences Building.
The design for the Dining and Operations Centre at the University of Toronto’s (U of T’s) Koffler Scientific Reserve (KSR) in King Township, Ontario, reimagines the future of school design by combining sustainability and...
A new project, worth $293 million, at Douglas College in New Westminster, British Columbia, is looking to achieve BC Energy Step Code 4, the highest step in housing and residential construction targeting net zero...
A single-family home in Edmonton is one of the first of its kind to undergo a deep energy retrofit using pre-built, 3D-modelled wall panels.
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