Living buiding performance on a budget Launched in 2006, the Living Building Challenge is a rigorous certification program that sets absolute performance standards and requires
For the sixth consecutive year, a graduate from the British Columbia Institute of Technology’s Architectural Science program has won the national CaGBC Student Project Award.
An LCA Pioneer: The whole story A pioneer in bringing life cycle assessment [LCA] to the North American construction sector, the Athena Sustainable Materials Institute
Embed the value of housing affordability in sustainability A lone voice from Vancouver issued a challenge at the Greenbuild #2 conference in Pittsburgh in 2003:
The way we live is changing. As both an architect and a resident of Vancouver, I am regularly confronted with how our cities are changing
Sustainable Design of Airports It has been a little over one hundred years since the Wright brothers took to the air, and our almost-miraculous ability
A CONVERSATION WITH TOM MONTEYNE
The Canadian green building market has evolved rapidly over the last 10 years. There are now over 4500 LEED projects registered in Canada, of which
Caring for, understanding and nurturing existing buildings is central to improving our industry and key to its health and growth into the future. By Brandon
Aura Lee MacPherson on radiant wall heating. Aura Lee MacPherson of MacPherson Engineering in Regina says they have been providing creative engineering solutions for radiant
Brian Eberle, Director of Marketing & Sales at EUROSHIELD® Roofing Products in Calgary loves old tires since they are the main ingredient in a line
Jeff Addison, Managing Director, Kiko Water Systems is riding high after Kiko received the 2017 Green Building Product of the Year Award from the Canada
Alex Speigel, partner at Windmill Developments, believes that the greenest buildings are actually conversions. With Arch Lofts [www.archlofts.com], they’re transforming a century-old church into
Mark Hutchinson, Vice President of Green Building Programs at the Canada Green Building Council [CaGBC], is heading up the Council’s new Zero Carbon Buildings Initiative
Dario Montoni started Montoni Group 20 years ago with a desire to modernize the construction industry’s methods. Montoni has become a real estate leader in
Greg Clarahan, President and CEO of LiteZone Glass Inc. in Nisku, Alberta [www.litezone.ca] has come up with what may be the world’s best-performing insulating glass,
Rodney Wilts, a partner at Windmill Development Group, has a big role to play in the coming years as he helps to guide Zibi [meaning
Julie Scarcella, founder of EcoSpex has been on a seven-year mission to create and launch her company: an on-line tool to help design and construction
Principal of Architek [www.architek.com ] in Vancouver, Ron Schwenger has a living architecture technologies company, and sage advice on vegetated roofs, living walls, living facades,
President of Termobuild Canada [www.termobuild.com ,] in Toronto, engineer Jack Laken [jlaken@termobuild.com ] has long been a missionary of passive heating and cooling of buildings.
President of Wishbone Site Furnishings in Langley, John Jansen was an early adopter of incorporating recycled materials into attractive, durable outdoor furnishings.
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