We cover news focused on Canada as well as international topics. Some of the topics we cover include: announcements of a big policy change, new energy-efficiency incentive programs, research into new green building materials being developed, reports about the growth of the green building industry.
With the housing crisis being a pressing issue across Canada, modular homes are looked at as being part of the solution due to their quicker speed of construction, lower cost and greater efficiency. Yet, in Ontario that efficiency is dampened […]
Paebbl, a Nordic-Dutch climate technology company, has just completed its Series A funding round to the tune of $25 million. This new infusion of cash will be used to scale up its operation converting captured carbon dioxide into carbon-storing building
With countries like the United States and Canada increasing their tariffs on imports from China related to clean energy, the country has been looking for ways to avoid said tariffs. For some background, Canada just recently raised its tariffs on
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) just announced that all lead pipes in the United States must be replaced within ten years. According to a news release from the EPA, the Biden administration finalized the laws that will require all drinking
Created through a collaboration of industry leaders and environmental organizations, the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard Pilot has just been released, standardizing the way residents of the United Kingdom will create net zero buildings, both residential and commercial. Up
Homeowners and builders alike now have a new way to learn about zero carbon building with the new Zero Carbon Building Micro-Credential program offered by the Canada Green Building Council. The goal of the program is to provide Canadians with
Though much effort is put into recycling batteries, much of the metal contained inside of them (e.g. manganese, cobalt, lithium and nickel) ends up going to waste. To generate a greater supply of these metals, scientists at the University of
C-Crete Technologies has developed the world’s first basalt-based concrete – it is cement-free and it is on par with conventional concrete in terms of cost and performance. Their product uses the non-carbonate rock basalt instead of Portland cement. Instead of the
The Government of Canada announced that it will begin imposing new import tariffs on steel that is imported from China, currently the largest producer of steel in the world. With steel being one of the most used building materials in
The five-year federally funded Green and Inclusive Community Buildings Program (GICB) has been extended until March 2029 with an additional $500 million allocated to the plan. The $1.5 billion program first started by the federal government four years ago supports
