Green Building

May 10, 2012

Canada Mortgage and Housing honours Willowdale Passive Solar House in Toronto

SUSTAINABLE.TO Architecture + Building and Greenbilt Homes were recently honoured by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s (CMHC) Healthy Housing Recognition Program for their efforts in building healthier homes.

April 30, 2012

Diamond Schmitt, Sunnybrook hospital get Green Toronto awards

The Centre for Green Cities at Evergreen Brick Works in the Don Valley of Toronto has garnered Diamond Schmitt Architects the green design award in the 2012 Green Toronto Awards. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre was awarded for reducing its dependence on non-renewable energy and reducing waste while heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) control vendor ecobee got an energy conservation award.

April 18, 2012

U.S. Green Building Council hits LEED milestone

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has announced that the 12,000th commercial project has earned Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification. The project is the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge.

April 18, 2012

Can green and grey infrastructure collide with benefits for Ontario?

The Green Infrastructure Ontario Coalition released a report, Health, Prosperity and Sustainability: The Case for Green Infrastructure in Ontario. Co-authored by Ecojustice, the document promotes urban forests, greenways and waterways, and amenities such as green roofs and walls, engineered wetlands and stormwater ponds, and porous paving and ground surfaces. John Mollenhauer, president of the Toronto Construction Association, says green infrastructure makes perfect sense.

April 17, 2012

Toronto to host Canada Green Building Council conference

The full program is now available for the Canada Green Building Council’s (CaGBC) National Conference and Expo taking place in Toronto from June 11-13. This annual event brings together speakers and over 30 continuing education sessions with over 1,000 attendees and an expo with more than 100 booths.

March 27, 2012

Waterfront Toronto and Halsall receive green award

Waterfront Toronto and Halsall Engineering’s minimum green building requirements have earned them a 2012 Award for Excellence in Urban Sustainability from the GLOBE Foundation.

March 21, 2012

Green building gaining traction in Newfoundland

Only one building in Newfoundland and Labrador has received certification under Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED) and a technologist with Morrison Hershfield says some government proponents have abandoned certification efforts due to the cost.

March 8, 2012

Sarnia, Ontario Bluewater hospital certified LEED NC

An ambitious $214 million redevelopment and expansion project at Bluewater Health in Sarnia has achieved Leadership in energy and environmental design NC (new construction and major renovations) certification. Infrastructure Ontario and the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care worked with Bluewater Health and EllisDon to redevelop the hospital.

March 6, 2012

Green buildings add to resiliency in disasters finds U.S. report

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning have released a landmark report that describes how green buildings advance resiliency in disasters.

February 21, 2012

Two Canadian teams chosen for 2013 solar decathlon in California

Two Canadian university teams, have been chosen to compete in the 2013 U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon at Orange County Great Park, about 70 kilometres southwest of Los Angeles, California. The student-led team from the University of Calgary will compete for the third consecutive time as Team Alberta. Team Ontario will be comprised of members from Queen’s University (in Kingston) Carleton University (in Ottawa) and Algonquin College (in Ottawa).