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Tricon’s The Taylor first new apt. building on Enwave's DLWC
Tricon’s first new apt. building on Enwave's DLWC
Tricon Residential's The Taylor is a rental building that breaks the mould, as the first new multifamily building to use a low-carbon heating and cooling system named deep lake water cooling (DLWC) that utilizes cold water from Lake Ontario.
Loblaw unveils 2025 plan to buy renewable electricity
Loblaw Companies Limited has announced it will power its Alberta operations – comprising over 280 locations – with renewable electricity from TC Energy starting 2025, which it says will cut its operating emissions by 17 per cent.
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Canada’s steep climb to meet 2030 emissions targets
Research from Royal Bank of Canada shows the difficulties of Canada meeting its 2030 emissions targets. The latest National Inventory Report revealed the progress made on curbing greenhouse gas emissions, but also the distance to achieve the goals.
Toronto's Deep Retrofit Challenge selects participants
Toronto has announced the buildings taking part in the Deep Retrofit Challenge. The competition-style program is set to provide up to $5 million for these buildings to undertake massive retrofits in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Ontario offers bonus incentives for retrofits
Bonus incentives for energy efficiency upgrades will be available to select commercial and multifamily landlords and condominium corporations in Ontario during the second and third quarters of 2023. Project proponents can qualify for non-lighting prescriptive measures.
Mass timber bridge built at GBC’s Limberlost Place
A two-storey mass timber pedestrian bridge connecting level five of George Brown College’s (GBC) Limberlost Place to level six of the college’s Daphne Cockwell Centre for Health Sciences in Toronto was erected 65 feet above street level recently.
MPs, scientists warm against climate hype for SMRs
Several Members of Parliament and activists are warning the Canadian government that its support for small modular reactors (SMRs) could prove costly and ineffective—even as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau maintains his support for nuclear power.
When will electric vehicles prices drop in Canada?
News of electric vehicle pricing cuts and ramped up production efforts have raised hopes that the sticker price could soon be within the budget of the average Canadian driver. Experts say the landscape is rapidly shifting.
Montreal earns reputation as e-trucking hotspot
Clean energy, purchase incentives and progressive city policies are driving commercial fleet operators to choose Greater Montreal as the go-to-place to roll out heavy-duty electric trucks. Companies like Coca-Cola, Loblaw and McDonald's are operating electric fleets in the city.
New York takes big step toward renewable energy
New York state has passed legislation that sets a 2030 clean energy requirement for the state's public power provider and signals a major step toward moving utilities out of private hands to become publicly owned.
NY passes first statewide ban on gas in new buildings
New York lawmakers passed the U.S.'s first statewide ban on fossil-fuel use in new construction. The first-in-the-nation law takes aim at a major source of carbon emissions and air pollution starting in 2026, but it doesn’t affect existing buildings.
A dream team for ocean carbon capture?
A group of former big tech executives in April snagged $20 million in what is being called the largest ocean-based carbon removal investment to date. The startup Ebb Carbon uses electrochemistry to speed up the ocean’s carbon capture ability.
COP28 head backs fossil phase-out with CCS caveat
The head of the COP28 climate talks has called for “phasing out fossil fuel emissions”, teeing up a debate between governments over the role of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology in the fight against climate change.
John Kerry warns against faith in carbon capture
U.S. climate envoy John Kerry has added his voice to the chorus of lawmakers, advocates, and scientists urging that relying too heavily on carbon removal technologies to address climate change could prove irreversibly dangerous for the planet.
U.S. climate envoy John Kerry receives China invite
U.S. climate envoy Kerry said China has invited him to visit "in the near term" for talks on averting a global climate change crisis even as diplomatic relations between the world's two biggest greenhouse gas emitters remain tense.
Solar panel orders hint at U.S. clean energy boom
The U.S. Inflation Reduction Act is already being felt with an expected quadrupling of the solar power generation market in only eight years. Public company earnings presentations reveal ballooning order books for North American orders.
IEA lays out cost of cutting oil, gas sector emissions
Oil and gas production costs would increase by less than $2 per barrel of oil equivalent on average if the sector cuts Scope 1 and 2 emissions to match the International Energy Agency's (IEA) net-zero emissions scenario.
Israel to fail 2030 climate pledge
Israel is lagging behind its own climate pledges, according to a report published by the Environmental Protection Ministry. The country is set to reduce its emissions by 12 per cent by 2030; well below the 27 per cent it pledged.
Sudden ocean warming may be next heat record
The world’s oceans have suddenly spiked much hotter and well above record levels in the last few weeks, with scientists trying to figure out what it means and whether it forecasts a surge in atmospheric warming.
Industry Events
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Sustainable Finance Forum 2024
Nov 28 2024
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Shaw Centre, Ottawa
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Zero Carbon Building Standards Interactive Workshop
Dec 10 2024
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Online
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FCM’s Sustainable Communities Conference 2025
Feb 10 2025
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Fredericton, NB
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Feb 11 2025
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Apr 28 2025
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