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Data key to Triovest improving its overall GRESB score
Data key to Triovest improving its overall GRESB score
The man responsible for innovation and sustainability credits access to data as the key reason Triovest improved its overall score in the 2019 GRESB Real Estate Assessment. Triovest scored 91 out of 100, among the best in Canada and its global peer group.
Toronto Mayor initiates ‘Green Will’ for commercial buildings
• CBC • Toronto Star
Toronto Mayor John Tory is pulling together major commercial landowners, universities, and hospitals in the city to form a new initiative aimed at reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Dubbed Green Will, it represents 300 million square feet of space.
The Greenest School in Canada is the W. D. Ferris Elementary
• Canada Newswire • Construct Canada
As part of World Green Building Week, the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) and the Canada Coalition for Green Schools are happy to announce the winner of the annual Greenest School in Canada competition is Ferris Elementary School in Richmond, BC.
Katerra opens the world’s biggest CLT factory
At Woodrise 2019, Katerra CEO Michael Marks wows the wood world. Katerra is applying new technologies, collecting architecture, engineering and construction firms into one corporation that builds in modern digitally-driven wood frame, Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT), and precast concrete.
Arboretum development a sign timber at critical mass
Nicolas Laisné’s vast Arboretum project is a different kind of office development. Mass timber construction is relatively new, with Cross-Laminated Timber barely 30 years old. But, judging by the work presented at the Woodrise, we have finally reached Critical Mass Timber.
Built Green launches high density renovation program pilot
Leading up to Renovation Month, Built Green Canada has launched its High-Density Renovation Program pilot. Four projects are already enrolled in this program, courtesy of Strategic Group’s office-to-residential repurposing projects in Calgary and Edmonton.
Geothermal tech picks up steam in residential builds
One of the advances picking up steam lately is an energy-efficient heating and cooling system that uses geothermal technology. Subterra Renewables is a thermal energy company reporting more interest in the systems from builders and municipalities seeking sustainable solutions.
Hudson Yards’ first phase earns LEED ND Gold
Hudson Yards’ Eastern Yard has been awarded the LEED Neighborhood Development Gold certification, becoming the first neighborhood in Manhattan to receive the designation. It is the first phase of Related Cos. and Oxford Properties project which opened in March 2019.
Google cuts NYC facilities emissions in half six years early
Google has reduced its 2011 greenhouse emission levels from office facilities in New York City 54% ahead of the original goal. In 2013, Google became a member of the NYC Carbon Challenge and pledged to reduce building-based greenhouse gas emissions 30% by 2023.
‘Abundant’ raw sewage an energy source for aquatic centre
Raw sewage — flowing through a massive trunk line running under Riverside Drive — is being heralded as an untapped energy source for the Windsor International Aquatic Centre. The pilot project is expected to reduce the $270,000 annual energy costs by at least $150,000.
For McCain Foods climate change is serious business
On Sept. 23, McCain joined a coalition of food companies “determined to take bold action to protect and restore cultivated and natural biodiversity within their value chains.” It will attempt to grow potatoes at an industrial scale without degrading the environment.
National Bank issues the first N.A. USD Sustainability Bond
National Bank of Canada announced its inaugural USD 750 million 3-year Sustainable Bond offering. The net proceeds will be used to finance eligible businesses and projects in green and social assets, such as hydropower, social housing or daycare centers.
Oilsands carbon capture project to eliminate emissions
• CBC • Globe and Mail
MEG Energy, an Alberta oilpatch company, is looking for government support for a new project that aims to erase emissions from its oil sands facility and possibly from other nearby operations by capturing greenhouse gas emissions and bury them.
TC Energy buys half of solar power project output
• CBC
A $200-million Danish-Canadian solar power project in Alberta is headed for construction following an agreement that TC Energy Corp. will buy over half its electricity output. The project will add to the 450 MW of electricity TC currently operates and markets.
Companies partner for Bay of Fundy tidal energy project
• CBC
Two tidal energy companies are joining forces to develop technology to harness the Bay of Fundy’s powerful tides. Sustainable Marine Energy and Minas Tidal LP will use turbines on a floating platform to produce up to nine MW of electricity.
Cities assessing infrastructure for risk from climate change
Increasingly, urban communities across Canada are seeing the big picture, hiring consultants and adopting plans to cope with the long-term problem of climate change. Hans Arisz’s job as an engineer currently working in Saint John, N.B. has just become bigger.
Sustainability leaders honoured at Clean50 Summit
The 2020 “Canada’s Clean50” awards will celebrate the accomplishments of 50 sustainability leaders from across Canada. The award winners were selected from a field of 700 plus nominees and competed in 16 widely different categories. The Clean50 Awards also identifies 10 Emerging Leaders for recognition.
Solutions summit: How to decarbonize now
An important evolution is a realization that Upfront Carbon Emissions the carbon released in the making of stuff is as important as the operating emissions. The World GBC recognized this dynamic in their report Bringing Embodied Carbon Upfront.
Carbontech, a trillion-dollar market opportunity
• GreenBiz
My mail included delivery in the form of a bar of soap. It looks and smells normal but it isn’t. It’s my first carbon tech purchase — the first product I’ve bought engineered from carbon pollution captured from the air.
Clean-tech sector aims to muster a cluster in B.C.
• Business In Vancouver • La Presse
B.C. may be as far as 15 to 20 years behind some European jurisdictions in developing a clean-tech cluster. Foresight officially launched its B.C. Cleantech Cluster Initiative on September 25 in a bid to cultivate an alliance of local partners.
Industry Events
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Greenbuild 2024: Built to Scale
Nov 12 2024
to Nov 15 2024
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA
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Sustainable Finance Forum 2024
Nov 28 2024
to Nov 29 2024
Shaw Centre, Ottawa
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