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Buildings
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Green roofs now required in NYC
New York now joins cities like Toronto, Denver, San Francisco, and Portland, Oregon in making green roofs a requirement.
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Latest Infrastructure Resilience Publication focuses on buildings and lifeline standards
The book zeroes in on the enhancements needed in the design and construction of buildings and lifeline systems (communications, electric power, water, transportation) to support a community’s social stability, economic vitality, and environmental sustainability.
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Newfoundland shortlists teams for new mental health facility
The successful proponent will be announced in 2020, with construction to start months later.
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Oxford Properties unveils designs for transformation of Toronto’s Park Hyatt hotel
The heritage-designated South Tower will be retained and restored, making it the first high-rise in Toronto to be totally retained in an adaptive re-use project.
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Brilliant Resilience
Building Smart Cities takes into consideration that physical design and technology can be used to support diversity, creativity, intellectual stimulation, and true productivity for all citizens.
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Smart Solutions
Introducing software and hardware systems to connect city operations and empower citizens takes small steps, collaboration and a foundation of trust.
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Energy efficiency guide for ice rinks
Vancouver-based SWICH Services Inc., a company that sources energy and emission friendly technologies from around the world, has released its Arena Guide Go Green framework for rinks, providing information for arena operators on how to improve facility performance.
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B.C. building code to allow 12-storey mass timber builds
B.C. has obtained permission from the National Research Council to use the encapsulated mass-timber construction provisions from the 2020 National Building Code through a jurisdiction-specific regulation.
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CaGBC Report makes the case for Zero Carbon Building
“The Canadian building industry and governments now have proof to make the changes needed to create Canada’s low carbon building stock and avoid creating buildings that will become a liability in a carbon constrained economy.”
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New Sick Kids building design unveiled
B+H Architects’ proposed design for the new 22-storey Patient Support Centre (PSC) located on The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) campus in Toronto will comply with Toronto’s Tier 2 Building Standards.
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Infrastructure upgrades approved for Canadian Coast Guard College
The work will include the installation of heat pump technology that will use ocean water from Sydney Harbour to provide heating and cooling to the entire campus.
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ISO publishes BIM Standards
“Taking this to an international level not only means more effective collaboration on global projects, but allows designers and contractors working on all kinds of building works to have clearer and more efficient information management.”
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Feds help fund residential high-rise Net Zero project in London, Ont.
Government investing $3.9 million toward the construction of the Sifton Properties’ Helio building, a mixed-use, multi-unit residential high-rise in the West 5 sustainable community, a projected $57,608,500 project.
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Second Annual BIM Survey closes February 1
CanBIM, the business voice of Canada’s BIM community, is encouraging responses from building industry professionals across the country.
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Bell & Gossett reveals new double suction HVAC pump
The new e-HSC provides engineers a more powerful, serviceable, and efficient solution for a wide range of critical HVAC applications.
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YORK YZ centrifugal chiller line extended up to 1,350 tons
Johnson Controls extended the capacity range of its magnetic bearing centrifugal chiller to include chillers beyond 1,000 tons.
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LG highlights Smart controls at AHR Expo
The AC Smart 5 provides an intuitive way to monitor and control LG air conditioning units and LG RT DOAS.
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Cleaver-Brooks launches boiler monitor for ClearFire line
Users can now check the operating status and performance of their boiler system, or multiple boilers systems simultaneously in real time via a mobile app.
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Grundfos Introduces TPE3 In-Line Pump
Wireless technology enables the TPE3 to connect with up to four single TPE3 pumps.
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Contemporary Calgary selects architects to transform planetarium into modern art gallery
The team of Calgary-based Gibbs Gage Architects and KPMB Architects of Toronto were awarded the project.
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York University opens new energy-efficient building
A core feature of the Rob and Cheryl McEwen Graduate Study & Research Building, attached to the Schulich School of Business, is a dramatic glass solar chimney that rises 27 metres to provide passive natural ventilation for the entire building.
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Energy recovery dehumidifier earns Guelph a $20K+ utility incentive
The energy savings is generated mainly from recovering compressor waste heat to provide water heating for the indoor pool and using exhaust air to preheat incoming outdoor air.
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Toronto building owner fined almost $100,000 for fire code violations
In addition to the fines related to the violations of the Ontario Fire Code, Toronto Fire Services ordered the owner to pay $137,000 for the costs incurred for safely removing the thousands of liters of highly flammable and combustible chemicals from the property after the fire.
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VIDEO: Government of Canada excited about Zero Carbon Building renovation project
The Arthur Meighen Building renovation project in Toronto is one of the 16 CaGBC Zero Carbon pilot projects.
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Intelligent Structural Panels
A Canadian-designed solution for constructing the next-generation of smart buildings.
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ASHRAE updates energy-efficient design standard for low-rise residential
“This update to the standard offers better alignment between this standard’s requirements and marketplace product availability as well as some revisions to improve the document’s clarity and internal consistency.”
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Metasys 10.0 released by Johnson Controls
The latest upgrade to the company’s building automation solution features faster responses to critical alarms and new integrations with fire detection, security and lighting systems.
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Government of Canada offers free online access to the 2017 National Energy Code of Canada for Buildings
This pilot project marks the first time that a national building code has been made freely accessible, and will provide the Government of Canada with the opportunity to evaluate the benefits of moving towards such a model.
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DIALOG to Integrate Commercial Canadian Content into BSD’s SpecLink Cloud
Beyond specifying terminology, language and units of measurement, DIALOG will convert complex codes, standards and formatting for the Canadian market.
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LG releases MULTI V5 VRF in Canada
Its heat operating range reaches -30°C to withstand Canadian seasonality.
