ECD Energy and Environment Canada recently announced the release of the most significant upgrade to the Green Globes for Fit-ups program, now renamed Sustainable Interiors (SI) since it first became available in Canada in 2004. Green Globes is a web-based program that aims to advance the overall environmental performance and sustainability of commercial and institutional…
Teknion Corporation today announced that its Sidewise casegoods workstation and Projek task seating have received 2014 Green Good Design Awards. Now in its sixth year, the Green Good Design competition is sponsored by the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies, and the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design. “Green Good Design…
Scotiabank has crowned three winners of the Scotiabank EcoLiving Awards at a gala ceremony to honour all finalists. Winners of the Scotiabank EcoLiving Business Leadership Award, Innovation Award and Student Leadership Award were recognized for their innovations in home energy efficiency and shared $75,000 in award incentives. The Scotiabank EcoLiving Awards gala took place at…
Scotiabank has announced the nine finalists for the 2014 Scotiabank EcoLiving Awards. Winners will be announced at a gala ceremony on Thursday, June 5, 2014, at the Art Gallery of Ontario. The Scotiabank EcoLiving Awards is a national awards program that recognizes businesses, entrepreneurs and students for excellence in the development of home energy-efficiency products,…
Amsterdam-based UNStudio’s design has been selected as the winning entry in the competition for the remodelling of the Hanwha headquarters building in Seoul. The renovation of the office tower incorporates the remodelling of the facade, the interior of the common spaces, lobbies, meeting levels, auditorium and executive areas, along with the redesign of the landscaping.…
A Canadian invention that improves indoor-air quality and reduces a building’s energy costs turns 10 years old this spring. The living wall biofilter – an installation of tropical plants adorning office, academic, commercial and civic buildings – is a sustainable design response to create a healthy indoor environment and lower the carbon footprint. Developed by…
Teknion Corporation announced today that its Atlanta and Chicago showrooms have been awarded LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) for Commercial Interiors 2.0 Gold by USGBC (the United States Green Building Council). Teknion now has a total of eight showrooms in North America certified to a LEED standard. “We continue to look at all…
Cities across Canada are seeing “renewed creativity and sensitive attention being paid to the public realm,” says the jury of the 2014 National Urban Design Awards. A dozen cities received awards: Calgary, Edmonton, Guelph, Montreal, Nanaimo, Ottawa, Thunder Bay, Toronto, Trois Rivières, Waterloo, Westminster and Winnipeg. The winning projects, which range from renewed brownfield sites to improved…
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) has named the Toronto firm of Williamson Chong as recipient of its 2014 Emerging Architectural Practice Award. In the words of the jury, “The firm is consistently producing innovative projects that contain quality detailing and craftsmanship including a focus on the use of wood." Established in 2011, the seven-person…
Workshop Architecture and the David Suzuki Foundation are excited launch the Homegrown Design Challenge, as part of the Homegrown National Park Project. The Homegrown Design Challenge is an open competition that challenges Canadians to present ideas for low-cost, easy-to-implement landscape design solutions for front yards, backyards, balconies, schoolyards and laneways within the Homegrown…