Institutional
Canadian school districts build for healthier environments
The schools installed future-ready infrastructure improvements for healthier, more sustainable learning environments.
Green infra’s impact on flooding underrated
More performance data on the benefits of green stormwater infrastructure in extreme weather events is needed as it may be more effective than thought.
Lab facility demos energy-saving ‘earth tubes’
Energy-saving 'earth tubes' were among the features expected to help earn UTSC's new Environmental Sciences and Chemistry building LEED Gold status.
Cladding absorbs pollution at Montreal facility
STM Stinson Transport Centre, the first bus depot in Canada to earn LEED Gold certification, boasts sustainable cladding that improves air quality.
A look at Montreal’s new soccer stadium design
Architecture firms Saucier + Perrotte and Hughes Condon Marler designed a new FIFA-approved soccer stadium that mirrors the landscape of an old quarry.
Proactive sustainable repairs for aging assets
Opportunities to transform existing buildings into more energy efficient assets arise when forming a capital plan and thinking long-term.
UBC facility sets green campus standard
A UBC LEED Platinum certified facility known as AMS Nest is a beacon to other campuses across Canada looking to reduce their environmental footprint.
BRE Innovation Park to accelerate sustainability
The BRE Innovation Park in Ontario will become a platform for the Canadian construction industry to demonstrate solutions to achieve low carbon buildings.
WELL Building Standard poised to accelerate
Further refinement of the WELL Building Standard is expected as a plethora of studies point to the growing concern for health and wellness.
LEED v4 users lag ahead of new deadline
LEED registrants appear to be taking full advantage of the deadline extension before the more rigorous version 4 of the certification program becomes mandatory.
The RCMP’s new Nova Scotia headquarters
The design of the RCMP's new Nova Scotia headquarters reconciles its requirements of internal security and external accountability.
Pension funds drawn to investable cities
Despite an abundance of investment funds spending across the globe, Canadian infrastructure continues to face a crisis.
How ‘art became the new steel’ in Hamilton
Creative industries in Hamilton, Ontario are now forming the physicality of the city's landscape and impacting municipal public policy.
What motivates the greening of suburban assets
While sustainable real estate means thinking outside downtown cores, experts stress the necessary models required to support these suburban assets.
Greywater and stormwater use in buildings
A large cistern installed near the main plumbing lab in Peterborough’s Kawartha Trades and Technology Centre at Fleming College is ready to harvest rainwater. This
Inside U of T Mississauga’s Innovation Complex
To subsume or not to subsume. That was the question presented by the project brief for the expansion and renovation of University of Toronto Mississauga’s
Thompson Rivers University building gets boost
In its original concrete construction, completed in 1970, Thompson Rivers University’s Old Main Building reflected the design philosophy of its era. As Michael Leckman, a