The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC), along with the Canada Coalition for Green Schools, is looking for schools dedicated to sustainability for the 2016 Greenest School in Canada competition. The two organizations want to...

Historically, liquid fluoropolymer coatings have been the product of choice for coating aluminum architectural components in Canada. This is due to the extensive colour and gloss options, and their ability to be economically produced...

“Green Building in Canada: Assessing the Market Impacts and Opportunities,” a new market impact report by the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) states sustainable design and construction is driving the country’s economic growth.

Diamond Schmitt Architects has designed the new Environmental Sciences and Chemistry Laboratory at the University of Toronto’s Scarborough campus. The 10,219-m² (110,000-sf) research and teaching facility includes a state-of-the-art facility integrating modern design with...


The government of Manitoba announced the winners of its 2016 Excellence in Sustainability Award, part of TomorrowNow—the province’s green initiative. The awards honour people, projects, and ideas that successfully turn the principles and guidelines...

Fire-rated glass products are specifically chosen to make buildings safer for occupants in life-safety situations, but these materials—whether windows, curtain walls, skylights, door lites, or floor assemblies—can also help make a space brighter, more...

A tree must first take its strength from its roots, and a successful building must do the same. It is not possible to throw in some fancy ‘green’ devices once everything else has been...


The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) announced Ecohome’s Edelweiss House in Wakefield, Québec, has become Canada’s first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) v4-certified building and the second LEED v4 Platinum certified home...