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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...

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...

Concrete is a carbon-heavy material and is widely used. With continued focus on sustainability, industry experts have a plan to reach net zero—it starts with carbon accounting. Earlier this year, the...

Canada must build more electricity generation in the next 25 years than it has over the last century in order to support a net-zero emissions economy by 2050, according to a new report from the Public...

The OAA Headquarters has made significant progress toward achieving net-zero operation, as detailed in comprehensive reports by the National Research Council (NRC) that also show how the...

Alongside the CEOs of major cement and concrete manufacturers, the secretary general of the United Nations, António Guterres, has issued a call to action for the industry to work in partnership with...

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