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GWLRA survey creates office tenant wish list
GWLRA survey creates office tenant wish list
Canadian office tenants want more food options, more fresh air and easier access to fitness and wellness, according to an internal survey by one of the country’s largest office providers.
B.C. Energy Step Code unlocking $3.3B new market
B.C. communities are using the BC Energy Step Code, provincial regulation that allows them to require their builders to exceed the code’s minimum legal energy-efficiency requirements. In doing so, they’re helping drive a $3.3-billion new market for high-efficiency building products.
Crown Realty earns top ESG rating from GRESB
Crown Realty Partners announced it has achieved a 5-star ranking in the 2019 Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB), a global standard for benchmarking sustainability performance for real asset investment.
Banks worth $47 trillion adopt new climate principles
• Globe and Mail (Sub. required) • Financial Post
Banks with more than US$47 trillion in assets, or a third of the global industry, adopted new United Nations-backed “responsible banking” principles to fight climate change on Sunday that would shift their loan books away from fossil fuels.
Google’s jaw-dropping renewable proclamation
• GreenBiz
Google just declared a record in corporate renewables by announcing its largest procurement deal. The tech giant revealed it would purchase a 1.6-gigawatt package of agreements, including 18 wind and solar deals for 720 megawatts from U.S projects.
Amazon’s plan to buy 100,000 EVs is huge and hard
Last year, when Amazon ordered 20,000 fossil fuel-powered delivery vans, it was a massive missed opportunity for the environment, the EV industry and Amazon’s bottom line. As of this week, Amazon publicly has decided to be a climate laggard no longer.
Solar, wind power so cheap it’s outgrowing subsidies
For years, wind and solar power were derided as boondoggles. They were too expensive, the argument went, to build without government handouts. Today, renewable energy is so cheap that the handouts they once needed are disappearing.
SaskPower solar power reaches capacity 16MW cap
SaskPower’s Net Metering program has reached its 16-megawatt cap due to unprecedented demand from customers two years ahead of schedule. It will not be able to accept new applications for the program until a review is complete.
The complex puzzle of Quebec’s industrial emissions
A large source of emissions in Quebec comes from industry, which produces 44 per cent of greenhouse gases if you include agriculture and waste management. Yet relatively little attention is paid to these in the debate surrounding the climate crisis.
New ‘green mine’ in Chapleau creates over 200 jobs
Up to 250 jobs have been created with the opening of the new Borden mine in Chapleau. As the first electric mine in the world, it features “state-of-the-art” health and safety controls, digital mining technologies and processes and low-carbon energy vehicles.
Philadelphia Airport grapples with climate change
• GreenBiz
Ray Scheinfeld parked the bright-yellow SUV he uses for his work as the environmental manager for Philadelphia International Airport and looked north to the runways and tower used for cargo transport. Then, he pivoted east toward the nearby Delaware River.
Aviation emissions focus of Montreal conference
The International Civil Aviation Organization, which meets every three years, set out a major climate initiative at its 2016 gathering, the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation, the first of its kind for a single industry.
Vision for sustainable living in downtown Winnipeg
Sherbrook Flats, a new six-storey rental building on the east side of Sherbrook Street between Broadway and Portage Avenue, represents building designer Sotirios Kotoulas’ vision for sustainable living in downtown Winnipeg.
Cool bricks use evaporation to reduce heat for interiors
Scientists in Spain are creating passively cooling bricks which could replace or augment air-conditioning. The more formal description is hydro-ceramics, a “sandwich” created by a layer of hydrogel spheres with a fabric layer between two ceramic outside layers.
‘Smart’ wood cutting costs for condo developer
• Business In Vancouver • Canada Newswire
Building condominium projects out of new “smart” wood, cross-laminated timber, can save builders time and buyers money while protecting the environment claims Adera Development V.P. of marketing Eric Andreasen. The company is developing a six-storey, 72-unit condo building.
Climate change spurs $1.25B Toronto flood prevention project
• CBC
In May 2017, record-breaking levels in Lake Ontario left much of the Toronto islands under water throughout the summer. In 2018 a powerful August storm dropped more than 64 millimetres of rain on the city in a two-hour span.
Greater Victoria 2030 Resiliency District launches
• Remi Network • Globe and Mail
The City of Victoria is partnering with the Building Owners and Managers Association of British Columbia to create the Greater Victoria 2030 Resiliency District. The district will facilitate a partnership between municipalities and the CRE industry.
Montreal aims to reduce GHG emissions 55% by 2030
Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante announced she is aiming for a 55% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has set a target of reducing GHG emissions by 45% by 2030 and committing to being completely carbon neutral by 2050.
Climate Week 2019: Time for bold action
• GreenBiz
Climate Week 2019 comes at a time of both great distress and great promise. As we approach Climate Week, which kicks off with the U.N. Secretary General’s Climate Action Summit, globally, emissions continue to rise, despite Paris Agreement pledges.
America’s climate exodus starting in the Florida Keys
Florida accounts for 40% of the riskiest coastal land in the U.S., according to the Union of Concerned Scientists, but it’s done little so far to pull people back from the coasts and lags behind other states.
Industry Events
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Canada Green Building Council: Building Lasting Change 2024
Jun 05 2024
to Jun 06 2024
Toronto
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Global Conference on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability
Aug 16 2024
to Aug 18 2024
Vancouver, Canada
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