The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) has finally launched its much-anticipated LEED for Homes rating system. The question is, will homeowners be as LEED-happy as condo developers? As part of its [...]
Posted on 04 March 2009
The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) has finally launched its much-anticipated LEED for Homes rating system. The question is, will homeowners be as LEED-happy as condo developers? As part of its [...]
Posted on 08 February 2009
Everyone wants to go green, but nobody wants to pay for it. Owners talk about wanting to incorporate green features in their buildings, but when a construction budget needs to be slashed, green upgrades [...]
Posted on 24 July 2008
The global environmental crisis we're facing is in large part due to how we've designed and built our communities. It's a result of how we use resources, produce products, develop land, construct infrastructure [...]
Posted on 23 August 2007
With the United States Green Building council set to launch a LEED certification for residential homes in November, the Canadian council is beginning studies to do the same. The CaGBC is beginning a case [...]
Posted on 24 July 2007
Last week, the World Green Building Council (WGBC) held their congress meeting in Toronto. The invitation-only event launched the WGBC secretariat’s new home at the Living Cities Campus, as well as to [...]
Posted on 10 July 2007
Today, the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) announced its first national green building event, Shifting Into the Mainstream. The event will be held in Toronto on June 11 and 12, 2008, and its official [...]
Posted on 01 June 2007
ReNew Canada acted as media sponsor for the Sustainable Building 2007 Conference (SB07) in Toronto. Members of the Green Building Councils from Canada, the United States and around the world were there [...]