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As environmental accountability becomes embedded in design culture, the building envelope is being reconsidered not just as a protective skin, but as an active energy-producing surface. Treating solar...

The University of Toronto’s newest venue for research and instruction in ecology and environmental biology aims to reimagine the future of school design while demonstrating how a project can combine...

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...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is quietly transforming how cities generate, store and distribute energy, acting as the invisible conductor that orchestrates cleaner, smarter and more resilient...

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

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