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Up-front investment in low-carbon design boosts MURB value by 30 per cent over 10 years

October 24, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Oct. 23, 2024. A sustainably-designed multi-residential building can see its value appreciate by up to 30 per cent over 10 years after factoring in the higher [Read more]

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Concrete innovation in B.C.

October 10, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Pembina Institute on Oct. 9, 2024. By Rachel Sutton Concrete is one of the most carbon-intensive building materials, and it’s used twice as much as all other man-made materials. [Read more]

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Balcony rails, building exteriors the ‘newest frontier’ for solar

August 15, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Aug. 14, 2024. Seizing on the chance to lower energy bills, support a local business, and help build the green economy, owners of a 1960s-era apartment [Read more]

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Vancouver sets 2040 decarbonization deadline for large buildings

June 6, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on June 6, 2024. By Gaye Taylor Vancouver has adopted a first-in-Canada bylaw aimed at decarbonizing all its large buildings by 2040. The Annual Greenhouse Gas and [Read more]

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Green roofs deliver critical protection from ‘severe urban heating’

February 29, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Feb. 29, 2024. As Victoria, British Columbia, commits to removing obstacles to green roof installations and Somerville, Massachusetts mandates their inclusion in new buildings, a Seoul [Read more]

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Canada’s deep retrofit supply chain needs help, analysis finds

February 8, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Energy Mix on Feb. 8, 2024. Weak regulations, low demand, and a lack of skilled labour are blocking service providers along Canada’s deep retrofit supply chain from scaling up [Read more]

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Canada’s first zero-carbon, net positive energy building to propel Ontario’s energy transition

February 15, 2023 Energi Staff

A new study out of the University of Waterloo analyzes data-driven improvements in Canada’s first zero-carbon, net positive energy building showing how they play a vital role in that building generating more energy than it [Read more]

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Innovation

Steadily growing adoption of efficient heat pumps in Canada – NEB

February 22, 2018 Markham Hislop

Largest number of installed heat pumps are in Ontario and Quebec Heat pumps are a highly efficient technology that extract heat from one place and transfer it to another, heating or cooling buildings and industrial processes. More [Read more]

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Innovation

Buildings an unlocked source of energy savings – IEA

February 5, 2018 Markham Hislop

Global average building energy use per person has remained  constant since 1990 By IEA energy analyst A growing number of countries have put in place policies to improve building energy performance, but average energy consumption [Read more]

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The Canadian energy conversation is stuck in the wrong century

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

Find Energi Media journalism in video, audio, and essays YouTube Channel: Video energy news Substack Essays: Thoughtful Energy Journalism Energi Talks Audio Podcast Real story of this energy crisis is not supply disruption, but demand [Read more]

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