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BIZ Mixed-use wood building scheduled for Dartmouth
Atlantic Canada’s first six-storey wood building is currently in the planning stages and will be the first mid-rise project in... -
BIZ Transit-oriented suburbs for managing the GTHA’s growth
How the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) manages its suburban growth over the next 25 years is critical to... -
BIZ Green builders extend help to Fort McMurray
When Fort McMurray rises again from the ashes of the wild fires that tore through the city in May, it...
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Strategic Group earns 50 BOMA BEST certifications
Strategic Group has received simultaneous BOMA BEST certifications for 50 buildings in its Calgary portfolio in recognition of their environmental...
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Have your say in ‘Yours Sustainably’
Who reads comments anymore? Some news services have actually removed comments from their sites. Comment sections have become a destination...
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Sustainable business goes mainstream
In February 2016 Sustainable Biz Canada opened here at SustainbleBiz.ca to provide news, information and commentary about sustainability issues for...
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Corporate sustainability needs to include carbon removal
An increasing number of large companies track and report their direct and indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions — also known as...
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Time for Canada to set a price for carbon
With our major trading partners, the United States and China, having recently ratified the Paris climate agreement, there is mounting...
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BIZ A bold national action plan for energy efficient buildings
Eleven organizations are calling on the federal government to improve the energy efficiency of Canadian buildings. The organizations, ranging from...
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9/11: A sustainability story
On that sunny September Tuesday, as the planes hit their targets, I was sitting in a windowless conference room, inside...
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Record participation in the 2016 GRESB survey
With a record 759 participating real estate companies and funds in its seventh year, the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB)...
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BIZ Canada’s most sustainable buildings honoured
A redesigned century home, a new library and an urban high-rise that acts as a safe shelter for women fleeing...
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Canada lags when it comes to clean energy
‘We are at a crossroads between reliance on fossil fuels of the past and the renewable energy future ahead.” It was...
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Enbridge to buy Spectra Energy in mega deal
The $37-billion deal between Canada’s Enbridge Inc. and Houston-based Spectra Energy Corp. will create North America’s largest energy infrastructure company,...
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Tesla aims to combine battery, solar power
The dream of a solar-powered society has tantalised us for decades. But the costs involved in piping the sun’s energy into...
