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Nova Bus secures largest Canadian electric bus order
Nova Bus secures largest Canadian electric bus order
Nova Bus has announced its largest electric bus contract to date — up to 60 of the LFSe+ models to be delivered to Halifax Transit.
Canadian standards board created to eye ESG reporting
Canada’s accounting and auditing bodies are establishing a homegrown standards board — The Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (CSSB) — for sustainability measures as investors and regulators call for better transparency and comparability of key environmental and social data from companies.
Race to Zero raises bar for ‘net-zero’ investors
The Race to Zero campaign has significantly raised the threshold that investors, companies, cities and sub-national governments must meet. The group published new criteria that its 10,000 members must meet within a year or risk exclusion.
Corporations plus climate tech startups = scale
• GreenBiz
During its lifetime, 100+ Accelerator has worked with about 70 firms (three cohorts), which receive mentoring and business resources along with up to $100,000 to pilot their technology in the field with one of the corporate sponsors.
Data standardization is critical for carbon, energy usage
When the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) announces the results this month of its one-year disclosure challenge to building owners that provides data on their energy consumption and carbon footprints, one thing will be clear — accessing that data was difficult.
We need cities to do their magic for sustainability
Don Iveson, former mayor of Edmonton, says with urbanization only accelerating, more focus is rightly coming to the role of cities on climate, water, air quality, biodiversity and a host of related social, health and economic outcomes.
New green standards inspiring early spring applications
The flowering of the City of Toronto’s new Green Standards on May 1 of this year caused a showering of new development applications in April, as those applications were exempt from the toughened sustainability rules that were coming into effect.
BrainBox AI technology installed in SAIL Outdoors stores
• Daily Commercial News • Sustainable Biz Canada
BrainBox AI, which specializes in energy optimizing artificial intelligence for the commercial real estate sector, has partnered with SAIL Outdoors, a Canadian outdoor equipment retailer, to install BrainBox AI’s technology in 11 of its retail stores in Quebec and Ontario.
New Glasgow to study biomass heat to meet targets
• CBC
New Glasgow will be conducting a feasibility study on burning renewable biomass to heat 90 per cent of the town’s buildings. Many European cities use the system; in Copenhagen 99.5 per cent of buildings are heated in that way.
$77M marked for fire-resistant buildings in Lytton, B.C.
• CBC
The federal government will be spending $77 million to help rebuild Lytton, B.C., in a way that could better withstand future fires, nearly a year to the day after the village was destroyed by flames.
May storms cost Hydro-Quebec $70 million in repairs
A string of storms that battered Quebec on May 21 caused $70 million in damage to Hydro-Québec’s distribution network, and the final bill may well end up being higher, the utility reported on Tuesday.
The University of Montreal withdraws from fossil fuels
By the end of 2025, the University of Montreal will withdraw its investments that affect the fossil fuel sector, following in the footsteps of other major universities.
The latest insolvency risk: climate change
Climate change, which has fuelled increases in the severity and frequency of natural disasters, has become a “new and significant” source of potential insurance failures, a new report from the Property and Casualty Insurance Compensation Corporation (PACICC) suggests.
Insurers must be intentional about the S in ESG
While progress in the environmental pillar is critically important for the current and future health of the planet, insurers must take care not to fall behind with their S (social) and G (governance) initiatives.
Metaspectral fighting climate change with help from CSA
Metaspectral is taking its vision for effecting environmental change out of this world with a little help from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). CSA is providing it with $150,000 in funding to measure carbon dioxide levels on planet Earth.
GHGSat detects methane from Russian coal mine
• CBC • SustainableBiz.ca
Montreal-based GHGSat said one of its satellites observed 13 methane plumes at the Raspadskaya mine in Siberia on Jan. 14. The incident likely resulted in about 90 tonnes of methane being belched into the atmosphere in less than an hour.
Future planes need to reduce carbon emissions, says FAA
The Federal Aviation Administration is proposing that future planes produce lower levels of greenhouse gas emissions before they can be certified by federal regulators. The rule would include uncertified jets and propeller-driven planes, and planes built after Jan. 1, 2028.
United signs deal for 300 millions gallons of biofuel
United and United Airlines Ventures has announced to purchase 300 million gallons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) over 20 years from Dimensional Energy. United’s SAF agreements represent the largest volume of SAF of any airline over the next 20 years.
Enchanted Rock building RNG microgrid for Microsoft
Microsoft has contracted with Enchanted Rock to develop a data center microgrid — the largest microgrid in California to date that will use renewable natural gas (RNG) to offset fossil fuels. Located in San Jose, plans call for a 100-MW microgrid.
Florida utility aims to stop carbon emissions by 2045
Florida’s largest electricity provider has announced plans to eliminate its carbon emissions by 2045 by halting its fossil fuel usage and increasing its reliance on solar energy, including using it to turn water into hydrogen to power its generating plants.
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Greenbuild 2024: Built to Scale
Nov 12 2024
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Nov 28 2024
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Shaw Centre, Ottawa
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