News & Insights

The SABMag has revealed the winners of its 18th annual Canadian Green Building Awards, which recognizes outstanding achievements in sustainable design. This year’s jury awarded 11 projects across...

The Region of Waterloo received the Sustainable Communities Award from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) for the first net-zero carbon community housing build at 420 Kingscourt Dr. FCM...

The federal government has announced nearly $19 million of investments to support 10 construction and homebuilding manufacturers across southern Ontario. Since 2015, FedDev Ontario has invested more...

With the current pace of greenhouse gas reductions unlikely to meet Toronto’s net zero targets, the city is planning a push to make the business case for building to a higher green...

As previously reported in Practice Advisory (i.e. Issue 31, Issue 27, Issue 23, Issue 16, and Issue 15), members working on construction projects that involve excavated soil should be familiar with...

The Canada Green Building Council (CAGBC) recently launched its Zero Carbon Building Essentials Micro-Credential, a new leaning path designed to help green building professionals develop the knowledge...

As previously reported in Practice Advisory Issue 15, Issue 16, Issue 23, and Issue 27, members working on construction projects that involve excavated soil should be familiar with the requirements as...

Libraries have long been a place of creative and professional growth, and a new branch of the Kitchener Public Library, which broke ground last October, is no exception. While housing a recording...

To protect our environment and reduce the impacts of climate change, the Government of Canada has committed to reducing Canada’s total GHG emissions to 40-45 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030, and to...

Jerome Markson, the 2022 RAIC Gold Medalist and modern social housing pioneer whose influence was felt widely across Canada, died in Toronto on Saturday, November 18, The Globe and Mail reported. He...