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The Legal Side of Green

As green building practices move into the mainstream, many new significant projects in Canada are “going green.” Increasing energy costs and mounting political and social…

Heart Wise

With aging populations and rising health-care costs becoming a reality for Canada, the need for tangible, realistic ways to keep Canadians healthy and fit is…

Assets or Liabilities?

As Canada remembers the De la Concorde overpass collapse in the Montreal suburb of Laval that happened seven years ago, the state of the country’s…

Experience Pays

Canada has emerged as a leader in the creation of efficient public-private partnerships (P3) for building infrastructure. A Conference Board of Canada report finds that…

Designs on Healing

Years of planning, fundraising, and construction have finally come to fruition for residents of the Sunshine Coast with the newly expanded St. Mary’s Hospital in…

Under Your Control

It is predicted that within 15 years, commercial and residential buildings will be the world’s biggest emitters of greenhouse gases. What’s more, buildings are aging…

Blow by Blow

Ontario currently leads the country in wind power capacity—and some southern Ontario communities are none too pleased by this development. There is a belief among…

Street Smarts

It’s no stretch of the imagination to believe that some day in the relatively near future, all municipalities in Canada will be like Cambridge, Ontario.…

We Need Backup

Imagine a dull, overcast day: warm, muggy, and dead calm. On such a day, the tallest wind turbines are idle, and thick stratus clouds block…

The Long Game

 Over the past few years, infrastructure has become a popular asset class among Canadian pension funds. Trustees have committed billions, either directly or through third-party…

Superpower Status

In a past speech to the Canada-UK Chamber of Commerce in London, U.K., Prime Minister Stephen Harper referred to Canada as the emerging “energy superpower”…

Lead by Example

Buildings represent approximately 30 to 40 per cent of total worldwide energy consumption, and they are a major component of the public-sector carbon-emissions footprint. In…

To Turbine or Not To Turbine

In December 2012, a World Trade Organization (WTO) Panel ruled that Ontario’s Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariff (FIT) Program violated Canada’s WTO obligations. In February, all…

A Window into the Underground

Canadians are the world’s second largest per capita users of water, with an average household use of up to 329 litres per person, per day.…

Building Belleville

When Belleville Mayor Neil Ellis thought about the infrastructure gap that his municipality was facing, it was enough to keep him up at night. The…

The Road Ahead

Now that the ice and snow has disappeared from roads in most parts of the country, it’s time to address the potholes left behind, on…

The Economics of Green Infrastructure

Traditionally, green infrastructure was developed for aesthetic reasons. However, these systems provide much needed services such as water management, climate change mitigation and adaptation, air…

The Era of Innovative Financing

The global economic crisis and current economic slowdown has countries around the world opting for tightly controlled budgets and drastic cuts in public deficits. In…