The Toronto Green Standard (TGS) is Toronto’s sustainable design requirements for new private and City-owned developments, which consist of tiers of performance measures with supporting guidelines...
Canada’s newly released 2025 National Model Codes mark a turning point in how the country looks at building performance. For the first time, the codes introduce explicit, measurable requirements to...
Ontario-based organizations and projects leading the charge in reducing embodied carbon were celebrated at the 2025 Ontario Embodied Carbon Awards. Hosted on Thursday, November 20 at The Great Hall in...
The City of Toronto recently released its Net Zero Building Retrofit Guides, developed in collaboration with Arup, a resource to support the City in achieving its goal of net zero emissions by...
Prime Minister Mark Carney is promising “bold” action in the federal budget next week to begin transforming an economy battered by a US-led trade war while tackling crises ranging from housing...
The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) and Creative Energy have reached financial close on a $50-million loan to support the deep decarbonization of buildings through connection to district energy...
Two years ago, jurisdictions on both sides of the U.S./Canada border were moving briskly ahead with legislation to curtail CO2 emissions. At the same time, programs that discouraged non-fossil power...
The Canadian Board for Harmonized Construction Codes (CBHCC) has announced an extension to the consultation period for its draft policy direction on embodied greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in new...
Toronto still has the authority to mandate new buildings meet certain climate and sustainability targets, according to a report from city staff, despite concerns those powers could be undercut by a...
In Novae Res Urbis (NRU), senior reporter Lana Hall looks at how one of this year’s SHIFT Challenge winners, "Speculative Assemblies," encourages building professionals to critically...