CSC Vancouver Island is holding a luncheon meeting on “Accelerating Toward Net Zero Energy Ready with Durable Building Enclosures.” The event will take place on Thursday, November 14, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. at the Fireside Grill.
Endress+Hauser Canada, an industrial equipment supplier, is building a new $28 million customer experience centre in Burlington, Ont., that will emphasize on sustainability.
Some of the United Kingdom’s most influential architects have joined efforts to declare a climate and biodiversity emergency. Leading architects, including Foster + Partners, Zaha Hadid Architects, and Rogers Stirk Harbour, have united as the group called Architects Declare.
The University of Toronto (U of T) Scarborough and Centennial College, Ont., have teamed up to establish the EaRTH (Environmental and Related Technologies Hub) District in Toronto, an initiative aimed at advancing the clean tech sector through research, academic programming, and commercialization.
The Curé-Paquin Elementary School of the Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles (CSSMI) is the first grade school in all of Canada, and first project in Québec, to recieve the Zero-Carbon – Design certification from the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC).
Students at Mohawk College’s Fennel Campus in Hamilton were welcomed back to school last fall with an 8919-m2 (96,000-sf), solar-powered, and state-of-the-art research, learning, and lab facility.
Designed by Julia Jamrozik and Coryn Kempster, Sky House, a 290-m2 (3100-sf) holiday home on Stoney Lake in Ontario’s Peterborough County, effectively blends into its natural surroundings.
The Clean Economy Alliance (CEA) released a report outlining recommendations to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from Ontario’s building sector. The report, “The Future of Buildings: Getting Ontario Ready for Net-Zero,” speaks to upcoming changes in the province’s building code and Ontario’s commitment to require all buildings constructed after 2030 to have net-zero emissions.
