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.
Through the Skills Development Fund (SDF), the government of Ontario is training up to 3,800 apprentices, job seekers, and journeypersons for free. The Ontario government has committed over $3.6 million to provide free training to those who want to become […]
The Transition Accelerator recently published its Mass Timber Roadmap, developed alongside contributors which include the Energy Futures Lab, the Canadian Wood Council and the Forest Products Association of Canada. This detailed report outlines the strategic vision for the use of
The majority of Canadian apartment building designs look like hotels, with long hallways and staircases at either end. It’s a design that virtually every low and midrise apartment building adheres to, which produces a rather dreary look, but even worse,
The City of Toronto is implementing new embodied carbon caps and cash incentives of up to $5,300 per apartment for builders who limit the amount of embodied carbon within new constructions. With the rising concern about the embodied carbon that
The US Energy Department just gave Solugen a loan of $214 million to build a Bioforge, a sophisticated piece of green technology capable of producing chemicals in a sustainable manner. Solugen is a revolutionary company with one main goal, to
The Canada Green Building Council has just awarded Simon Fraser University the 2024 Inspiring Home Award and Peel Region in Ontario the Government Leadership Award for their recent achievements in sustainable building. SFU Wins the 2024 Inspiring Home Award Simon
The RBC Foundation is currently funding post-secondary programs in Atlantic Canada to support the development of green skills with an aim to achieve a net-zero economy. The Atlantic region is one of the most biodiverse ecosystems in all of Canada.
Between flooding, heatwaves, and wildfires, many Canadian cities are dealing with the challenges caused by climate change. Given their lack of vegetation, cities are at a disadvantage due to the urban heat island effect, which causes cities to be hotter
The federal government has abolished a $1 billion green fund operated by Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) due to egregious violations of conflict-of-interest policies. Since SDTC was created in 2001 with a mandate to spur the development of sustainable technologies
“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
