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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) revealed its annual “Top Cities” list, spotlighting the cities with the greatest number of ENERGY STAR-certified commercial and multifamily buildings in 2023. Los Angeles leads the pack, with 876 ENERGY STAR-certified buildings. In second place is Washington, D.C., with 631 buildings, followed by New York in third place (390…

Seven out of 10 (70 per cent) sustainability leaders believe that the time and cost spent on reporting admin has driven decarbonisation delay as resource constraints are hampering action on sustainability goals. This is according to the findings of new research by Mitie, which surveyed 500 sustainability decision makers from UK organisations. Over half (55…

The City of New Westminster has officially opened the aquatic centre portion of the new təməsew̓txʷ Aquatic and Community Centre. The new 10,644 square metre (114,571 square foot) state-of-the-art facility is the city’s largest capital project to date. The combined aquatic and community centre is LEED Gold certified and is Canada’s first completed all-electric facility…

Located at 296 Angela Drive in Port Moody, BC, The Creek affordable rental housing project is now underway, thanks in part to a combined investment of $200 million from the provincial and federal governments. The Creek is the first phase of a much larger, multi-phase development called Portwood, which will be Port Moody’s first master-planned…

Humidity poses significant challenges to communities situated along coastal regions where the influence of moisture-laden air from lakes and oceans is pronounced. Humidity levels are exacerbated in those regions once the warmer temperatures arrive in late spring and summer. For schools, these high humidity levels can pose significant challenges. The School of Public Health at…

How can companies most efficiently gain traction toward circularity? Many discussions tend to focus on closing gaps in the physical materials flow, such as improving the design of packaging to reduce waste and increase recyclability or integrating more post-consumer recycled content into a given product. To build a circular future, it is equally important to…

As April 2024 wound up, the Biden administration released rules that aim to expedite infrastructure projects and require federal agencies to get stricter in weighing the potential impacts on the climate and low-income communities before approving projects like highways and oil wells. That should bring cheer to participants on a Penn panel discussion during Energy…

The City of Vancouver opened a cultural hub in the downtown South area that is also the tallest certified commercial Passive House development in Canada. 221A Artist Society External will operate the 21,000-square-foot space as a shared artist production, presentation, and administrative facility for more than 40 artists and non-profit organizations. 825 Pacific is a…

  Questions are powerful. They can allow for limited or open-ended responses. They can be finite in seeking detail or endlessly provocative. Asking the right questions for the context, the right questions for the person to whom they are directed, and the right questions at the right time will impact the type of response received….

As an industry, health care is one of the largest contributors to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions with more than 4 percent of emissions attributed to the sector. One reason for such high GHG emissions is that hospitals are energy-intensive systems that require the use of specialized equipment and ventilations systems, 24/7 (lifesaving equipment such…