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Buildings

Canada’s buildings are a climate drag – can they pick up the pace?

by Dianne Saxe

PACE financing programs could help tackle Canada’s climate building problem– but only if they grow at unprecedented speed

Buildings/Winter 2021

Pipe dreams and other climate visions

by John Lorinc

Capturing the billions of dollars of heat that goes down drains globally is one climate fix touted in David Miller’s new book

The case for funding more green affordable housing
Buildings/Spring 2020

The case for funding more green affordable housing

by John Lorinc

In an urban landscape punctuated by glass condos and gleaming offices, the four city-owned parcels that have bobbed to the surface of

How to future-proof buildings for climate change
Buildings/Planning for a Green Recovery

How to ready Canada’s buildings for the climate of tomorrow 

by Tom-Pierre Frappe-Seneclauze

Imagine a home that can stand up to extreme weather, be it heat waves or water surges, while bringing your gas bill to zero and keeping your electricity bill

CK TV BBB clip
Buildings/Planning for a Green Recovery

CK TV: Watch our first roundtable on Building Back Better post-COVID

by CK Staff

It’s time we start planning for what comes after COVID. Watch episode 1 from our Green Recovery series on our newly launched

Buildings/Climate Crisis

Out-of-the-box thinking spawns low-carbon construction revolution

by John Lorinc

Architects and contractors working in the far north, where the building season is short and the risk of water damage to building

Comment/Voices/Winter 2020

Financing our future with a green building bonanza

by Gord Hicks and Andrew Hicks

If your financial advisor told you he had an investment that would give you a guaranteed 25 to 75% annual return, you

low-carbon building
Buildings/Climate Crisis

Five planet-saving building ideas we need to nail down in 2020

by John Lorinc

After years of inaction on climate change, the decade ahead has become the bracket in which humanity gets one last opportunity to

Edmonton's Blatchford neighbourhood
Buildings/Climate Crisis

Oil Town building carbon neutral community powered by 100% renewables

by John Lorinc

Given that Swedish eco-activist Greta Thunberg has shone a harsh light on air travel, there’s a certain cosmic elegance in the City

Norway's Powerhouse Brattørkaia
Buildings

Powerhouse building produces more energy than it needs

by John Lorinc

Last year, the City of Vancouver updated its green buildings regulations to require that all re-zoning applications meet either net zero or

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