CaGBC
Canadian Facility Management & Design
CAGBC updates zero carbon design standard
The Canada Green Building Council is aiming to simplify the criteria for complying with its zero carbon design standard, while also pushing forward with more rigorous performance goals.
Canadian Property Management
Fuel-switching challenges expected to ease
Climate, cost and capacity pose fuel-switching challenges for building owners looking to curb greenhouse gas emissions in line with Canada’s target for a 40 per cent reduction below 2005 levels by 2030.
Construction Business
RJC Engineers welcomes sustainability leader
Wendy Macdonald, a respected sustainability consultant, has joined RJC Engineers. With 23 years of experience, she is a pioneer of sustainable design.
Design Quarterly
CAGBC brand undergoes new look
The Canada Green Building Council (CAGBC) brand has gone through a major refresh as it celebrates its 20th anniversary.
Design Quarterly
CAGBC takes over LEED green certification
LEED certification and professional credentialling in Canada has been consolidated under the Canada Green Building Council (CAGBC).
Canadian Property Management
Canada makes podium for LEED certified space
Canada ranks third globally for the amount of LEED certified space added to its national building inventory in 2021.
Construction Business
CaGBC reveals Green Building Excellence winners
The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) has announced the winners of the 2021 CAGBC Awards.
Design Quarterly
Manasc receives CaGBC Lifetime Achievement Award
Alberta architect Vivian Manasc has been awarded the 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award by the Canada Green Building Council.
REMI Network
CaGBC adds four new firms to Disclosure Challenge
The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) announced that four new firms have signed on to its Disclosure Challenge.
Design Quarterly
Reflections on Earth Day
Earth Day provides an opportunity to reflect on what we as individuals can do to restore and care for our planet through green buildings.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
The future of green building is retrofit
With the right market signals and incentives, Canada can create a retrofit economy now that would yield skilled jobs for the Canadian economy, operational savings from energy and carbon reduction and better, healthier buildings for Canadians.
Design Quarterly
New energy ACP available to Canadian projects
The latest addenda to the LEED rating system include an alternative compliance pathway, shifting the focus from energy cost to energy usage.
Construction Business
CaGBC reports on green building market impacts
Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) released a new report that shows the potential of a green recovery that prioritizes green building.
Design Quarterly
CaGBC reveals Green Building Award winners
The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) has announced the winners of the 2020 Green Building Excellence Awards.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Blazing a trail for zero carbon in Nova Scotia
The zero carbon project marks an evolution in warehouses and, more broadly, the potential for a lower-emitting industrial sector.
Design Quarterly
CaGBC launches green recovery initiative
Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) has launched a new green recovery initiative, calling for government investment that prioritizes green building.
REMI Network
Scotia Plaza marks zero carbon building milestone
Scotia Plaza's 40 King St. West building in Toronto has become the largest certified zero carbon building in Canada at more than 1.5 million square feet.
