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June 25, 2009

David Suzuki’s namesake school in Windsor, Ontario to raise the green bar

When you’re designing a school named after famed Canadian environmentalist, you’d better ensure it’s as green in function as its namesake. It follows that the design team for the Dr. David Suzuki Public School is also striving to be the first LEED platinum educational institute in Canada.

June 24, 2009

Quebec playing catch-up on LEED adoption

With LEED and green construction having gained a solid foothold in the Canadian building environment, it’s now a question of how long it will take Quebec developers to catch up with the rest of the country. In Quebec it is still not very common to see LEED-accredited buildings,” said Bruno Landry, Director of Quality Assurance with the Aecon Group (Quebec).

June 23, 2009

Contractor gets a homegrown lesson in LEED

Dan Bulley, executive director of the green construction institute, was unprepared for coordinating the construction of the LEED certified headquarters of the Chicago Mechanical Contractors Association. Bulley's experience prompted him to write a booklet offering tips on working with LEED from an owner’s perspective.

June 17, 2009

Enermodal headquarters in Kitchener, Ontario uses a sustainable model

Enermodal Engineering, Canada’s largest green building consulting firm, is aiming to create the country’s most energy-efficient office building with its new, three-storey, 22,000 sq. ft. headquarters in Kitchener, Ont.

June 8, 2009

Sustainability takes on new meaning for construction

The global construction industry is developing a new definition of sustainability that goes beyond the traditional focus on ecology and embraces the issue of social equity.

June 5, 2009

Canada Green Building Council pilot project teaches valuable lessons

With a Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) pilot for existing buildings scheduled to reemerge this fall as a full-fledged program, several participants say they plan to use the knowledge they’ve gained to work internally on energy and environmental measurement and performance.

June 1, 2009

Green energy development finds a home in Eastern Ontario

The wind turbines on Wolfe Island, just off the shores of Kingston, have slowly started to turn this month as Canadian Hydro Developers Inc. started testing the 86 structures to make sure they work.

May 28, 2009

Roofing industry key to meeting green targets, says NRC expert

Roofing designers, consultants, contractors and other industry members have a pivotal role to play in the movement towards green construction, says a leading building envelope specialist.

May 28, 2009

Green Energy Act could create 90,000 “green” jobs, report concludes

Ontario’s green sector could produce 90,000 well-paid jobs with energy investments under the province’s Green Energy Act (GEA), according to a recent report released by WWF-Canada, the Green Energy Act Alliance and Blue Green Canada.

May 27, 2009

Thunder Bay , Ont. green projects win funding from Federation of Canadian Municipalities

The City of Thunder Bay has secured $6.9 million from the Green Municipal Fund for four projects in sustainable community planning, wastewater and solid waste control as well as sustainable energy usage.

May 18, 2007

York University’s new building features diverse elements of green building

York University’s new computer science building in Toronto features many green elements of design and construction.

May 18, 2007

Green walls, roof gardens are key elements in St. Gabriel’s Church design

Spiritual beliefs and a concern for the environment are mutually compatible goals for members of St. Gabriel’s Roman Catholic Passionist Church in Toronto.

May 18, 2007

International building challenge seeks Canadian submissions

Canadian applications are invited for the prestigious Sustainable Building Challenge (SBC) which is to be held in Melbourne, Australia in September 2008.

May 18, 2007

Ontario municipalities are all action when it comes to green building

Some say it’s a trend; others say it’s too soon to tell. But one thing’s for sure: Building green is a principle that’s catching on like wildfire in Ontario municipalities west of Toronto.

May 18, 2007

Green building project highlights

Highlights on projects that have an element of green building to them.

May 18, 2007

Ontario hospitals seek long-term cogeneration project benefits

Although co-generation is a concept which has been around for some time, financial implications of implementing such a system may have hampered popularity.

May 18, 2007

Borealis site’s green elements amaze tourists

A massive tourist destination planned for Sault Ste. Marie will have more attractions than meets the eye when it is completed. Unique architectural and building structures will make the building itself a marvel.

May 18, 2007

Jain & Associates tackles only environmentally-friendly projects

Virtually every contract Jain & Associates Ltd. takes on these days has a green element. The extent to which the engineering consultant’s work is enviro-friendly depends on a project’s owner, but straight-up conventional electrical/mechanical jobs are a thing of the past for the Mississauga-based firm.

May 18, 2007

Algonquin College introduces Green Architecture program

As interest in green building technology grows, so to does the demand for qualified personnel to design healthy facilities and correct the shortcomings of existing ones.

May 18, 2007

Green Globes tool provides environmental ratings

While it doesn’t quite enjoy the instant brand recognition LEED commands, a green building environmental rating system created in Canada is increasingly being used in this country, the United States and the United Kingdom.

May 18, 2007

Design of Kingston arenas meet LEED standards

Developers in Kingston are learning new ways to build green as they apply national environmentally-friendly building standards to the design and construction of two massive arena projects.