The future of healthcare: lean, green and digital
Humber River Hospital, designed by HDR
In 2008 the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care (MOHLTC) approved funding for Humber River Hospital (HRH),....
Paving the way for green HVAC
Mits Airconditioning Inc. designs high-end custom heating and air conditioning solutions.
Mits Airconditioning Inc. makes no bones about it – its company raison d'être is to offer top of the line....
Archetype Sustainable House: Celebrating Five Years of Demonstration and Research
By Tracy Hanes and Tim Van Seters
When it was constructed at the Kortright Conservation Centre in 2009, the Archetype Sustainable House (ASH) was intended to be a state-of-the-art "green" abode....
Vincent Callebaut Architectures: THE FLAVOURS ORCHARD
CONSTRUCTION OF 45 PLUS-ENERGY (BEPOS) VILLAS IN A SMART GRID
KUNMING 2014, YUNNAN PROVINCE, SOUTHWEST CHINA
1. CHINA’S ECO-HIGH-TECH CITIES : TOWARDS AN ENERGY EFFICIENT COMMUNITY IN KUNMING
Stepping out of your....
A ‘Garden Bridge’ across the Thames
Garden Bridge is a planned stunning new public garden and pedestrian crossing over the River Thames in London, England. Designed by London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic cauldron designer, Thomas Heatherwick....
Tower of Power
Dutch architects hold out hope that skyscraper project utilizing wind power will come to fruition
With an eye trained directly on a sustainable future, Amsterdam-based NL Architects has come up with....
WORLD GREEN CENTER
Sustainable shakeup
The World Green Center in Chile improves quality of life for workers and provides business district makeover
By GREG McMILLAN
Decisions, decisions, decisions – cCe Architects of Santiago, Chile, had one....
superkul
CANADA'S FIRST ACTIVE HOUSE
Toronto based architects superkül designed Canada’s first Active House in Ontario’s Niagara region. Great
Gulf, one of Canada’s largest home builders, selected superkül, a firm with a....
AMPHIBIOUS HABITAT
Back to nature
Thai project Amphibious Habitat borrows from existing ecological systems to tackle delta flooding problems
Right now, it’s in the experimental design stage, but an ambitious concept put forth by....
TORONTO 2030 DISTRICT
Is Toronto Ready for a 2030 District?
Jeff Ranson – Executive Director, Toronto 2030 District
Continent-wide, an ambitious urban building conservation initiative is seeks to address the environmental impacts of buildings. “2030....
