“Eden” is a fitting name for a 12-storey sustainable office block built in New Salford, UK that has the largest living wall in all of Europe. The building’s 36,000 sq. ft. facade is completely covered in greenery with more than […]
The worldwide market for green building materials is calculated at USD $475.23 billion in 2024. That number is expected to climb to USD $1.35 trillion by 2033, representing an annual increase of 12 percent, according to a recent report by
Lafarge Canada and Geocycle Canada (members of Holcim Group), recently announced the completion of a pilot project at Lafarge’s Brookfield Cement Plant in Nova Scotia. The project aims to produce clinker, the basis of cement production, from recycled materials, reducing
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) compliance is fast becoming a situation that more and more Canadian companies need to be prepared for. The Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (CSSB) published its proposed climate-related disclosure standards (CSDS 2) on March 13 and
The scale at which Canada has to retrofit its buildings to reach net-zero by 2050 demands substantial labour. Yet, in a new report presented by BuildForce Canada that considers the challenges that the retrofitting industry will face in reaching that
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a plan in the federal budget to solve the housing crisis. Projecting the construction of 3.87 million new homes by 2031, the funds will be distributed among different public programs, creating a partnership between the
After 22 months of deliberation, Project Nujio’qonik just got the go ahead. The plant is set to be built between the west coast of Newfoundland and Labrador and is aiming to produce 250,000 tonnes of green hydrogen per year. This
While new buildings that run exclusively on clean energy steal most of the headlines, the work that’s being done to make existing commercial buildings more energy-efficient may be even more important. That’s especially the case if Canada is to achieve
BGO completed Ontario’s first all-electric net-zero carbon speculative industrial building, one of four buildings in the Fifth Line Business Park in Milton, Ontario. This pioneering structure is powered by a 500kW rooftop solar array that negates 100 percent of annual
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Tuesday the creation of the Canada Housing Infrastructure Fund to help tackle the nation’s housing shortage. The federal government will allocate $6 billion for infrastructure necessary for new housing construction, $5 billion of which
