Climate Change and °µÍø½ûÇøion
Below are articles from the latest and previous Climate Change and °µÍø½ûÇøion Special Feature by the Daily Commercial News.
Feature Articles - Climate Change and °µÍø½ûÇøion
![New climate a challenge for old buildings in Western Canada](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/PC-HERITAGE-MAIN-RossdalePlantExteriorWithRiverMainWEB-CC-300x169.png)
New climate a challenge for old buildings in Western Canada
Heritage buildings in Western Canada are feeling the effects of climate change....
Projects
![New Vancouver GHG emissions reporting requirements come into effect June 1](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/PC-Vancouver-climate-and-GHG-bylawMainWEB-CC-300x169.png)
New Vancouver GHG emissions reporting requirements come into effect June 1
On June 1, Vancouver’s largest commercial buildings — over 100,000 square feet i...
Government , Resource
![Climate change pushing a new era of adaptive design at architecture schools](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/JS_ArchitectureClimateMainWEB-CC-300x169.png)
Climate change pushing a new era of adaptive design at architecture schools
Architecture schools in Alberta and Manitoba are preparing architects to visuali...
Projects
![Lake Simcoe restoration projects an exercise in preservation, prevention](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/PG-3-DO-20230515_120116_Curry-after-constructionMainWEB-CC-300x169.png)
Lake Simcoe restoration projects an exercise in preservation, prevention
Encompassing approximately 745 square kilometres, Ontario’s Lake Simcoe is the f...
Projects , Resource
![Roofs on front lines of climate change adaption](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/MAIN-JS-CLIMATE-ROOFINGMainWEB-CC-300x169.png)
Roofs on front lines of climate change adaption
Roofs are on the front lines of climate change adaption and the construction ind...
Projects , Resource
![°µÍø½ûÇøion companies need a strategy as ESG reporting requirements increase](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/JB-ESGMainWEB-CC-300x169.png)
°µÍø½ûÇøion companies need a strategy as ESG reporting requirements increase
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) monitoring, measuring and reporting a...
Resource
![Developing AI building operation solutions amid a maze of green certifications](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/PG-3-JB-CLIMATE-best-inventions-of-2020-BrainBox-2MainWEB-CC-300x169.png)
Developing AI building operation solutions amid a maze of green certifications
Market expectations and government regulations are increasingly high when it com...
Resource , Technology
![Oversight critical on construction sites when temperatures spike](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/JS-climate-and-heat-stressMainWEB-CC-300x169.png)
Oversight critical on construction sites when temperatures spike
Jim Noon, president of the Vancouver Island Building and °µÍø½ûÇøion Trades Cou...
OH&S
![Westmar Advisors wins award for Wuikinuxv debris wall and wharf reconstruction](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/05/PC-WUIKINUX-2MainWEB-climate-300x169.png)
Westmar Advisors wins award for Wuikinuxv debris wall and wharf reconstruction
Westmar Advisors Inc. has won an ACEC British Columbia (ACEC-BC) 2023 award of e...
Infrastructure , Resource
![Industry has a ‘complete void of basic knowledge’ on carbon footprints](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/05/GC_CLIMATE_IndustryRoundtableMainWEB-300x169.png)
Industry has a ‘complete void of basic knowledge’ on carbon footprints
Owners, contractors and subs are eager to take meaningful steps to decarbonize t...
Infrastructure
![Pieces of Prince of Wales Park shoreline puzzle coming together](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/05/PG-3-Completed-revetment-slopeMainWEB-CCfeature-300x169.png)
Pieces of Prince of Wales Park shoreline puzzle coming together
Climate change and extreme flooding have been catalysts for a series of Toronto...
Infrastructure
![First BC Embodied Carbon Awards celebrate industry innovation](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/05/PC-carbon-award-perkins-and-willMainWEB-300x169.png)
First BC Embodied Carbon Awards celebrate industry innovation
A number of zero-carbon properties in British Columbia were recently recognized...
Projects
![Mississauga building a next level net-zero fire station](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/05/PG-3-DO-fire-station-frontelevationMainWEB-climate-300x169.png)
Mississauga building a next level net-zero fire station
In the west end of Mississauga, Ont., near the border with Oakville, general con...
Labour
![Passive House Canada and U.S. Passive House Network announce new partnership](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/05/exhibitor-shotMainWEB-CCfeature-01-300x169.png)
Passive House Canada and U.S. Passive House Network announce new partnership
An important North American building standards collaboration was announced last...
Resource
![ESG compliance liability risk is coming to construction industry directors](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/05/PG-3-exacvator-diggingMainWEB-climate-01-300x169.png)
ESG compliance liability risk is coming to construction industry directors
Although some may feel ESGs are a symptom of increased “woke capitalism†in toda...
Economic , Resource
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![Canadian construction spared in TFW crackdown](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/shutterstock_594218537WEB-300x169.jpg)
Canadian construction spared in TFW crackdown
Canada’s construction sector was spared as the federal Liberal government announ...
Government , Labour
![Climate and °µÍø½ûÇøion: Natural gas bans hit a legal shut-off valve](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2021/11/Bleasby_Climate6-01-300x169.png)
Climate and °µÍø½ûÇøion: Natural gas bans hit a legal shut-off valve
Ambitions to ban the new installations of natural gas appliances and mechanical...
Government , US News
![$1.1 billion NextGen mill project making history in Saint John, N.B.](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/FRONT-GC-NB-mill-Rendering-1-A-view-of-the-mill-once-it-is-completed-MAINWEB-300x169.jpg)
$1.1 billion NextGen mill project making history in Saint John, N.B.
Pre-planning engineering work has started for construction of a new recovery boi...
Projects
![Stakeholders spar: What’s to blame for declining homebuilding productivity?](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/DW-construction-productivity-BIM-MAINWEB-300x168.jpg)
Stakeholders spar: What’s to blame for declining homebuilding productivity?
Two recently published articles on homebuilding productivity in Canada, one buil...
Labour
![$3.6B South Niagara Hospital celebrates one-year construction milestone](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/AG-South-Niagara-Hospital-project-rendering-MAINWEB-300x169.jpg)
$3.6B South Niagara Hospital celebrates one-year construction milestone
It’s been just over a year since ground was broken on the massive South Niagara...
Projects
![Muskoka townhouse development aims to be a ‘Nordic zen’](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/AG-Luna-Bay-development-pic-MAINWEB-300x169.jpg)
Muskoka townhouse development aims to be a ‘Nordic zen’
A new waterfront townhouse development in Muskoka, Ont. is looking to bring peop...
Infrastructure
![Canada ‘walking the talk’ to sustainable infrastructure future: KPMG](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/11/Economic_06-768x432.jpg)
Canada ‘walking the talk’ to sustainable infrastructure future: KPMG
Canada is walking the talk when it comes to embracing sustainable technology and...
Government , Infrastructure
![Trades, supporters pledge to march on Labour Day](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/05/shutterstock_641982598-e1557328966574-300x169.jpg)
Trades, supporters pledge to march on Labour Day
TORONTO - Ontario’s workers and their supporters are celebrating Labour Day acro...