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The mayors of Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver are among leaders of 19 major world cities aspiring for net zero carbon emissions across their urban building portfolios by 2050. John Tory, Valérie Plante and Gregor Robertson signed the declaration [...]

On May 4th at the BILD Awards, nine EnerQuality ENERGY STAR^® builders took home 11 awards between them. The haul for ENERGY STAR^® builders included two of the top awards of the night: Home Builder of the Year - Low Rise for Mattamy Homes and Home [...]

EnerQuality is excited to sponsor OHBA's upcoming four-day Housing Tour to The Netherlands, June 10-14. OHBA will be travelling with a small group of builder and developer members to Amsterdam and Rotterdam with a strong focus on modern [...]

The OHBA Climate Change Council is holding its next webinar on May 16, discussing "Getting to the Next Code" and how an Integrated Design Process can help buildings in adopting more energy efficient building practices. They'll also discuss what [...]

SACRAMENTO — Long a leader and trendsetter in its clean-energy goals, California took a giant step May 9, becoming the first state to require all new homes to have solar power. The new requirement, to take effect in two years, brings solar [...]

(Article courtesy The Calgary Herald) While interest is growing for new homes with more than one master bedroom, and improving storage and energy efficiency are priorities, kitchens still lead the way. These are some of the results that [...]

On April 12th, Owens Corning will be holding a session on Acoustic Design at the Hart House in Toronto. Tarion Builder Bulletin 19R (BB19R) requires condominium projects to undergo design and field review and reporting as of January 1st, 2017. [...]

OHBA's Climate Change Council is holding its first general council meeting and Webinar Wednesday in the coming weeks. The goal of the CCC is to inform industry stakeholders on cutting edge technologies/practices, products, programs, services and [...]

The Home Energy Conservation program, delivered by Enbridge Gas, in partnership with the Government of Ontario and the Save on Energy program, allows homeowners to earn up to $5,000 for installing energy efficiency upgrades, while helping to reduce [...]

(Article courtesy Canadian Property Management) The Ontario government has pledged up to $300 million in seed funding to advance low-carbon technologies and/or implement strategies to make greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction more economically [...]

(Press release courtesy Infrastructure Canada) OTTAWA, March 13, 2018 /CNW/ - Investing in innovative green infrastructure projects contributes to a clean growth economy and strengthens the middle class by ensuring communities are healthy [...]

(Article courtesy New Buildings Institute) New Buildings Institute’s (NBI) 2018 zero energy buildings list includes nearly 500 verified and emerging zero energy (ZE) buildings across the United States and Canada—a 700 percent increase since [...]