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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]