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Green Construction

UBC study looks to strengthen rammed earth construction
Compressed soil, or rammed earth, is the focus of…

Nova Scotia’s CarbonCure Technologies named finalist in $20M competition
Nova Scotia-based CarbonCure Technologies has been named one of…

Quebec funds green infrastructure projects in Montreal
The Quebec government will provide $20.5 million in funding…

From the editor: Hurray for the red, white… and green
As a I dragged my butt out of bed…

Ontario homebuilder to construct Canada’s first net-zero office building
Markham, Ont.-based Howland Green Homes announced plans to construct…

Low carbon fuel study to be conducted at Lafarge Canada cement plant
A $1 million study on the environmental benefits of…

EllisDon in partnership with U of T acquires $2.4M in funding for Carbon Accounting Tool
EllisDon, in partnership with the University of Toronto, has…

2018 forecast: green infrastructure sprouting up
With scientists forecasting increasingly turbulent weather, builders developers and…
Lafarge files application for industrial approval
Lafarge Canada Inc. has filed an application for an…
Bauma selects Canada as official partner country for 2019 show
Bauma, the world’s largest trade show for the international…
CaGBC helps kickstart Canada’s low-carbon economy with opening of Zero Carbon Building Program registration
OTTAWA, ON – Today, the Canada Green Building Council…
Lethbridge College opens Trades Innovation Centre
TORONTO – A greatly expanded trades and technologies centre…
CaGBC announces Greenest School in Canada winner
Ottawa, ON – The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC)…

Boehmers uses captured CO2 to make stronger concrete blocks
Boehmers is a concrete block producer in Cambridge, Ont.…
Carbon pricing alone can’t meet Canada’s GHG emission reduction targets
OTTAWA – Carbon pricing will help Canada reduce emissions but the reductions will fall…
Canada’s existing buildings hold key to climate targets
VANCOUVER and TORONTO — Governments at all levels in…
Report: Meeting Canada’s climate change goals will create a boom in construction jobs
The Columbia Institute released a landmark study: Jobs for Tomorrow…
Canada leads with more than 100 LEED v4 registrations
OTTAWA, ON – The Canadian green building movement is…
Ontario’s first tall wood institutional building is to be constructed on the George Brown College campus
TORONTO – Continuing its leadership in the evolution of green…
VIDEO: RDH senior building science specialist John Straube on the thermal performance of buildings
In a series of three short videos, RDH principal…