City of New Westminster opens new aquatic centre

City of New Westminster opens new aquatic centre

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…

“The Creek” rental project kicks off in Port Moody

“The Creek” rental project kicks off in Port Moody

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…

Tackling Humidity Challenges in Coastal Schools

Tackling Humidity Challenges in Coastal Schools

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…

Linking collaboration across the value chain to get to circularity

Linking collaboration across the value chain to get to circularity

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…

How Green Hydrogen Is Critical to Electrifying Everything

How Green Hydrogen Is Critical to Electrifying Everything

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…

Vancouver opens Passive House cultural hub

Vancouver opens Passive House cultural hub

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…