Tag: greenhouse gas emissions
New Canadian and U.S. standard to help decarbonize concrete
The Smart Surfaces Coalition, CSA Group, the World Cement Association, and the American Public Health Association announced the introduction of CarbonStar, a new binational...
The transition to net-zero includes building retrofits
By Mark Douglas Wessel
A telling observation made by the World Economic Forum is that cities, where over half of the planet’s population now live, only...
CIB to provide $70M financing to CAPREIT to retrofit 60 multi-residential...
The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) has reached financial close on a $70 million loan to CAPREIT to finance deep energy and decarbonization upgrades at...
University of Windsor installs hybrid chiller, a first for Canadian universities
The University of Windsor announced the installation of a new dual drive, electric-steam turbine chiller — the first of its kind at a Canadian...
CIB commits $277M towards biorefinery and Canada’s largest electrolyzer
The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) announced it has concluded the financing on its first project from its low-carbon fuels, carbon capture utilization storage and...
EllisDon commits to setting science-based emissions reduction targets
The science is clear - we must reduce the impacts of climate change. Business as usual is no longer an option and it is...
New Green Municipal Fund investments for British Columbia communities
Natural Resources Canada and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) announced a $1.76-million investment through FCM’s Green Municipal Fund (GMF) to help reduce greenhouse...
Algoma Steel to receive $420M to phase out coal-fired steelmaking
The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, announced that Algoma Steel Inc. will receive up to $420 million to retrofit their operations and phase out coal-fired...
NS government seeks to support green infrastructure projects
The Government of Nova Scotia is currently seeking applications for potential new infrastructure projects to be supported under the Climate Change Mitigation Sub Stream...