Buildings

A coalition of progressive businesses is urging the EU to deal with its glut of energy-guzzling buildings and embrace ambitious energy efficiency plan

Buildings

Can we build greener homes with used diapers? These engineers did

Gaye Taylor

Researchers in Japan found that nappies can be used to replace up to 40% of the sand used in concrete without reducing its strength

Buildings

Toronto is the latest city to crackdown on carbon-heavy building materials

John Lorinc

There's mounting awareness around the carbon intensity of garden-variety materials such as cement, concrete, steel, glass and aluminum

Buildings | Spring 2023

When buildings mimic nature

John Lorinc

Decades of sustainable design have done little to reduce building-related carbon emissions. But could biomimicry finally get buildings, and with them cities, to bridge that gap?

Buildings

The 15-minute city is not an affront to freedom

Alex Nurse, Alessia Calafiore and Richard J. Dunning

OPINION | How an innocuous urban planning concept to build a walkable 15-minute city has attracted the attention of conspiracy theorists

Buildings | Winter 2023

How today’s green building heroes are scaling up to save our planet

BF Nagy

Meet the teams behind the most exciting green architectural achievements in North America to learn how they’re scaling up the building blocks of the green revolution

Buildings

Four ways 2023 could be a game changer for green buildings

John Lorinc

From green ‘proptech’ to circular construction, this year could be big for the sustainable construction industry

Buildings

COP27 and the Canadian mini climate budget that wasn’t

John Lorinc

Usually Canada’s fall budgets showcase bold policies to tee up the UN’s annual climate conference. This year, not so much.

Buildings

Six ways to end Canada’s affordable housing crisis

Guy Dauncey

Guy Dauncey’s Big Solutions: Let’s end exclusive zoning, empower non-profit developers, and use the right balance of carrots and sticks to make housing affordable

Sustainable Economy Intelligence

These 50 Canadian corporations are betting big on green

The federal government is more than $14 billion behind on climate funding

Buildings

Lighting a fire under Europe’s green buildings policies

Can we build greener homes with used diapers? These engineers did

Toronto is the latest city to crackdown on carbon-heavy building materials

When buildings mimic nature

The 15-minute city is not an affront to freedom

How today’s green building heroes are scaling up to save our planet

Four ways 2023 could be a game changer for green buildings

COP27 and the Canadian mini climate budget that wasn’t

Six ways to end Canada’s affordable housing crisis

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