IPCC report: Climate solutions exist, but humanity has to break from the status…
French lawmakers voted to require solar panel covers in most large parking lots.
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The cost (and necessity) of fuel-switching
Our current Prime Minister is our COVID Prime Minister. The next Prime Minister will be our climate change prime minister. They will be the PM that meets the UN…
Most buildings were designed for an earlier climate – here’s what will happen as…
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Ran Boydell, Heriot-Watt University
Climate change will affect every aspect of our lives – including the buildings we live and work…
Earth Day at 50: A look to the past offers hope for the planet’s future
A crowd observes the world’s first Earth Day on April 23, 1970, in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia.
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Fifty years ago, on April 22, 1970, millions of…
Canadian Celebrities Target Election With Artists for Real Climate Action
TORONTO — For actress Cynthia Dale, the climate crisis has her concerned for her son and future generations of her family.
She worries she may have a…
On the Day of a Global Climate Strike, Canadian Architects Commit to Action on the…
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada’s (RAIC) Committee on Regenerative Environments is calling on Canadian architectural and design firms to commit to…
Gearing up for this Friday’s Global Climate Strike
The Global Climate Strike kicked off a week of global action on September 20, with adults as well as school students across Canada—and around the…
Canadians in every riding support climate action, new research shows
According to new research, the majority of Canadians in all but three ridings across the country believe their province has already felt the effects of climate…
Active House Symposium Makes North American Debut In Toronto
The 7th Active House Symposium is being held for the first time in North America in Toronto on September 16-17 at Evergreen Brick Works. Active House is an…
State of the Nation: The North
The Indigenous population is Canada’s fastest growing demographic, with some 1.6 million Indigenous people in the 2016 census, and an anticipated growth to over…
Embodied Carbon: The Blindspot of the Buildings Industry
Embodied carbon will be responsible for almost half of total new construction emissions between now and 2050.
Editorial: On Thinning Ice
Architects must find new ways of constructing that will address the unfolding climate crisis.
RAIC joins professional associations to advocate for climate action
In the wake of a new Simon Fraser University report on The Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, the Canadian Institute of Planners, the Royal Architectural…
Canada seeks updated climate change predictions for new building codes
The National Research Council says Canada's homes and highways were built with assumptions about weather patterns that are no longer relevant, thanks to climate…
The Heat is On
Improving energy efficiency in new and existing buildings is essential in Canada's efforts to counter the effects of climate change—and it could be a…