SABMag 85 - Winter 2025
Thanks to the advertisers who supported this issue
Thank you to the participants in the SABMag 2025 Directory of Products and Services for Sustainable High-Performance Building
- 475 Building Products
- ACO Systems
- Airfoam Industries
- Alberta EcoTrust
- AquaTech
- Arriscraft
- Canada Green Building Council
- Canada Brick
- Canadian Precast Concrete Quality Assurance Certification Program
- Canadian Precast Prestressed Concrete Institute
- Cascadia Windows & Doors
- CBC Metals
- CFP Woods/Cayaki Charred Wood
- CertainTeed
- Corbec
- Daikin Applied
- Dobbins Sales/SLOAN
- Duxton Windows
- Eco Building Resource
- Engineered Assemblies
- Evolve Builders
- Fabriq Architecture
- Fantech
- Forbo
- GBI/Green Globes
- Inline Fiberglass
- Innotech Windows + Doors
- International TimberFrames
- Jeld-Wen
- Kalwall Corporation
- Langley Concrete/Filterra
- Kohltech Windows
- LiveRoof
- Make Way Environmental Technologies
- Mapei
- Mitsubishi Electric Sales Canada
- Molok
- NZP Fenestration
- PPG/Dulux
- Pretium Consulting Engineers
- Radon Environmental Management
- Rockfon
- Roth
- Sapphire Balconies
- SaveEnergy New Bruswick
- Siga
- Silex Fiberglass Windows and Doors
- Tempeff
- Teritt Indoor Environmental
- Thames Valley Brick & Tile
- Trane
- Unicel Architectural Corporation
- UnitiWall Corporation
- VETTA Windows & Doors
- Wishbone Site Furnishings
Local net-zero buildings: A bottom-line win for Canadian communities
Put sustainability and savings—and comfort—at the top of the list for the coming year. Municipalities across Canada are realizing how closely sustainability initiatives are intertwined with cost savings, job creation and economic growth.
Ecole du Zenith: New school a harmonious fusion of education and nature
Being the first school architecture competition since the 1960s, this major project marks a turning point in Quebec’s educational landscape, renewing the program, organization, and way of building elementary schools in the province.
The Dividends of Disassembly: Reclaiming the value held in buildings
By Brenda Martens
Design for Disassembly and Adaptability (DfD/A) is an approach that facilitates dismantling a product or building at its end-of-use, enabling the recovery of components and materials intact, to facilitate their use in subsequent applications, including complete reassembly.
SUSTAINABILITY & CARBON: The Masonry Industry Perspective
By Monica Guzman
As the design and construction industry focuses more intently on reducing the embodied carbon of buildings, masonry manufacturers and manufacturer associations are actively working on developing Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) to assess and improve the environmental impact of their products.
Albert Campbell Library Renovation/ Modernization: Reno reimagines potential to connect with people
By Brock James
After five decade the Toronto Public Library (TPL) recognized the need for upgrades to the Albert Campbell Library to meet contemporary needs. Working with LGA Architectural Partners, TPL sought to reimagine the renovation as a more welcoming hub that brings people together and is connected to the community.
təməsew̓txʷ Aquatic and Community Centre: Challenging building type achieves double certification, and pursuing LEED Gold
By Paul Fast
Completed in 2024, this 10,684 sq.m combined aquatic and community centre in New Westminster, BC is Canada’s first completed all-electric facility to achieve the Canada Green Building Council’s (CAGBC) Zero Carbon Building Design standard.
Visit the Directory online for Listings organized by Product Category and by LEED Category
PRODUCT DIRECTORY
Interview With: Architect Vince Catalli on the Circular Built Environment (CBE) and the new standard to define it.
What is the CBE?
Circular is the key word in defining the CBE which is modelled after cycles in nature that continuously use and transform materials without waste. A circular building optimizes the use of resources while minimizing waste throughout its whole life cycle.