Build more, pollute less: New academic-industry partnership to balance infrastructure needs with environmental integrity – Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering
U of T Engineering’s newest research centre will develop innovative ways to meet the urgent and growing need for infrastructure — without further exacerbating the climate crisis. The Centre for the Sustainable Built Environment brings together seven researchers from across U of T, as well as a dozen…
https://civmin.utoronto.ca/build-more-pollute-less-new-academic-industry-partnership-to-balance-infrastructure-needs-with-environmental-integrity
CPE Member Shoshanna Saxe receives federal funding for project supporting sustainable buildings
A project led by Climate Positive Energy Member Shoshanna Saxe and supported by CPE, has received $740,000 in funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada.
https://cpe.utoronto.ca/cpe-member-shoshanna-saxe-receives-federal-funding-for-project-supporting-sustainable-buildings
Climate and Construction: Toronto Green Standard v4 tackles embodied carbon in materials – constructconnect.com – Daily Commercial News
While discussions to reduce operational carbon emissions work their way through provincial and federal building code development processes, embodied carbon remains harder to pin down and ranks lower among regulatory targets.
https://canada.constructconnect.com/dcn/news/resource/2023/07/climate-and-construction-toronto-green-standard-v4-tackles-embodied-carbon-in-materials
Marks & Spencer refused permission to demolish and rebuild Oxford Street store
M&S says ‘short-sighted act of self-sabotage’ leaves no choice but to review position on UK’s premier shopping street.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jul/20/marks-spencer-refused-permission-to-demolish-and-rebuild-oxford-street-store