With their rich history, metal ceilings continue to be chosen by designers and builders for their durability, cleanability, and sustainability, as well as for their ability to draw the eye upwards, giving both residential and commercial spaces a feeling of ornate elegance. This week’s Blog takes a look up into the characteristics and benefits of metal ceilings, and what they can bring to virtually any build.
The vast majority of plants we need for food rely on pollination, especially by bees, and the importance of bees to the ecosystem cannot be overstated — and they need our help. Having long-led efforts to decarbonize buildings and industry, this week’s Blog looks at how Johnson Controls is now trying to lend a helping hand to its colleagues from the insect world.
To reach its goal of reducing, Aecon recently became the first construction company in Ontario to pilot a new low carbon concrete from Carbon Upcycling Technologies at its Innovation and Training Centre. This week’s Blog examines Aecon’s efforts and what it means for the construction efforts.
The decarbonization of non-road mobile machines will be an important factor in efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and limit global climate change, and construction machine OEMs and suppliers need to recognize that powertrain electrification is set to become a key zero-emission technology for construction machines. This week’s Blog from IDTechEx examines the future of the global electric construction machine market, and what that means for the industry.
Cities and municipal governments have attempted to incorporate a customer focus in their service delivery systems, leaving some citizens relegated to feeling like a simple transaction or leading to poorer outcomes. This week’s Blog from KPMG discusses the future of cities and how municipal governments have the responsibility to deliver a societal benefit alongside individual supports.
In response to climate change, there has been a greater focus on sustainable development and green building solutions that minimize the impact of the built environment on the planet. This week’s Blog from the experts at PCL Construction gives us a look into what it takes to meet growing client demands and develop real, tangible, solutions to climate change.
With the ongoing climate change and the rise in air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions within urban cities, it is important for industries to take the next step to help reduce these pollutants. This week’s Blog from Bachly Construction takes a look at the implementation of green roofs on buildings, and how they might be a solution in reducing building-related carbon footprints.
Global corporations are stepping up to commit to a net zero future and our buildings are a big piece of the puzzle. This week’s Blog from Nexii Building Solutions looks at a new partnership with Siemens, Honeywell and Trane Technologies that is advancing rapid delivery of high-performance “Future Ready, Total Building Solutions”.
This year Aecon announced a target to reach net-zero by 2050, with an initial interim target to achieve a 30 per cent reduction in direct CO2 emissions by 2030. This week’s Blog, reposted from Aecon’s website, takes a look at the perspective of the person helping to lead that environmental charge – the company’s new Director of Sustainability, Prabh K. Banga.
It’s time for us to rethink the process of designing buildings and commit to using embodied carbon analysis to drive design decisions. This week’s Blog from Stantec lays out the case for mitigating the collective carbon footprint of buildings and architecture, and then shows us how.