Living Building Challenge
Construction Business
The urgent need for change in construction
Buildings and construction are the number one causes of the climate crisis. There is an urgent need to make change to how we design and build.
Construction Business
Canada’s first LBC Petal Certified projects
Burnaby’s SFU UniverCity Childcare Centre and the Vancouver VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitors Centre [pictured above] are Canada’s first Living Building Challenge (LBC) Petal Certified projects. The
Canadian Property Management
Creating a regenerative building in the GTA
Developers and designers of York Region's new Forest Stewardship and Education Centre aim to join a select group of just six properties worldwide to be fully certified through the Living Building Challenge.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
The hard truth about PVC
The CCME and the Canadian packaging industry are working toward eliminating PVC in rigid plastic packaging. Does PVC in building products present the same kind of concerns that the CCME has raised about packaging? Which products often contain PVC and what are the alternatives? Morrison Hershfield's Mark Lucuik weighs in.
Canadian Property Management
‘Nutrition labelling’ for building products
The Health Product Declaration (HPD) open standard was developed to provide support for evaluating products ...
