logo

  • About Us
  • Rankings
    • RANKINGS & REPORTS
      • Global 100
      • Best 50
      • Climate Dollars
      • Responsible Funds
      • 30 Under 30
      • Top 40 MBA
      • Clean 200
      • Other Rankings & Reports
      • Resources
    • Creative defiance
      These 50 Canadian corporations are carving out a more sustainable future
      Europe is setting the standard for sustainable business – and earning the rewards
  • Magazine
SUBSCRIBE
  • Climate
  • Leadership
  • Finance
  • Energy
  • Buildings
  • Transportation
  • Circular Economy

logo

Buildings - Page 2

Buildings/Summer 2024

Here’s the secret to cooling India’s buildings

by Richa Narvekar

While ‘Western style’ buildings are making India’s heat waves worse, architects are reviving cooler indigenous ways of building

natural gas heat pumps Canadian Climate Institute Corporate Knights
Buildings

‘Natural gas’ can no longer be the default option for heating new buildings: Report

by Mitchell Beer

The Canadian Climate Institute says if provincial governments continue using gas to heat new buildings, rather than shifting to heat pumps, the

Buildings

How a wave of developers turning office buildings into apartments could create more walkable cities

by John Weigand

Even though less than one third of older buildings in the U.S. can be profitably converted, architects and developers are quickly learning how

Buildings/Summer 2024

Despite backlash, bans on gas use in new buildings keep spreading

by Alex Robinson

The natural gas industry has been emboldened by a string of victories, but gas bans keep evolving throughout North America

Buildings/Spring 2024

This is New York’s first all-electric skyscraper

by Rick Spence

The super-efficient fossil-fuel-free tower has improved insulation, triple-glazed windows and offers parking spots for 200 bikes – and no cars

affordable housing floods
Buildings

Is the rush to build affordable homes putting them in the line of fire (and floods)?

by John Lorinc

Political pressure to build more affordable housing shouldn’t become a licence for shortsighted construction that can't withstand climate catastrophes

Buildings

How Canada can climate-proof more than half a million homes

by Gaye Taylor

A report from Pembina Institute says weak regulations and a skilled labour shortage are creating a retrofit bottleneck

NY airbnb crackdown sharing economy
Buildings/Fall 2023

What New York’s crackdown on Airbnb says about a sharing economy gone haywire

by Natalie Alcoba

A decade ago, the sharing economy was held up as a collective balm to our consumption-driven ethos. Will NYC's defacto ban on

heat pump, air conditioner, energy savings
Buildings

Canadians could save billions on energy bills by swapping out air conditioners for heat pumps

by Mitchell Beer

On top of racking up big savings, a new report finds that Canadian households could dramatically reduce climate pollution from home heating

Green building, net zero, Europe
Buildings

Lighting a fire under Europe’s green buildings policies 

by John Lorinc

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

Previous 1 2 3 Next
  • About Us
  • Submit a Story
  • Advertise
  • Press Releases
  • Privacy Policy
  • Council for Clean Capitalism
  • Notice & Disclaimer

Corporate Knights | Copyright 2002-2025

  • Articles
    • Climate
    • Leadership
    • Finance-page
    • Food
    • Buildings
    • Transportation
    • Circular Economy-page
    • Culture
  • About Us
  • Rankings and Reports
    • Global 100
    • Best 50
    • Climate Dollars
    • Resources
    • Clean 200
    • Responsible Funds
    • Top 40 MBA
    • 30 Under 30
    • Sustainable Cities Index
    • Other Rankings & Reports
  • Magazines
  • Subscribe

SUBSCRIBE TO OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

Get the latest sustainable economy news delivered to your inbox.