Building Envelope

April 30, 2008

Net zero approach vital to energy conservation

The initial choices in designing the building envelope determine the degree to which mechanical systems and excess energy are required to facilitate human comfort.

April 21, 2008

Dockside Green strives for LEED Platinum certification

Dockside Green will include three different neighbourhoods, about 1.3 million square feet of mixed use facilities and about 2,500 people in the 15-acre reclaimed brownfield site when it is finished. The development along Victoria’s waterfront is aiming to become North America’s first LEED Platinum-certified community.

April 14, 2008

ASHRAE creates “net zero” energy building tools

The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) is intent on developing tools to help designers create “net zero” energy buildings by 2020.

April 9, 2008

Improvements underway at Saskatchewan Legislative Building

The Saskatchewan government announced on March 31 that work is underway on the preservation and rehabilitation of the exterior of the Saskatchewan Legislative Building.

April 9, 2008

Ontario Bid Depository quietly fades away

The Construction Bid Depository of Ontario (CBDO) is quietly closing up shop, but its last chairman still believes in the bid depository process.

March 26, 2008

Canadian National Railway plans $430-million in capital investment spending in 2008

Canadian National Railway (CN) plans a multi-million dollar investment to upgrade and maintain track and improve rail infrastructure in Western Canada in 2008.