PCL Constructors Inc. (PCL), one of Canada’s largest contracting organizations, has joined an international engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) consortium to provide detailed design and pre-construction engineering for a $400 million patterned solar glass manufacturing facility in Selkirk, Manitoba.
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A landmark cultural infrastructure project, the Ottawa Public Library and Library and Archives Canada joint facility is pointing the way to a greener future with significant enhancements to achieve net-zero carbon.
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Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has designed a prototype ‘city’ of the future for Toyota called Woven City near Mount Fuji in Japan.
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Architects can integrate solar arrays into building designs instead of adding them as an afterthought. As solar photovoltaic (PV) technology matures and design options expand, everything from the colour of frames to the tint of the glass can be selected.
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Solar control solutions are important in helping increase worker productivity. To understand how, one must understand what makes a productive building, and why productivity should be a consideration in design.
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The Canadian German Chamber of Industry and Commerce will hold its Renewable Energies in Buildings conference in Toronto next month. The half-day event, which takes place on May 29 at the Allstream Centre, is geared toward renewable energy and building industry professionals.
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Tucked in the woods of Saint-Calixte—an hour away from Montréal—is a residential retreat that might have gone unnoticed were its designer not trying to change the way we build and heat our homes.
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