Victoria-based furniture company, Caramba, debuted its made-in-Canada, flat-pack, direct to consumer business, which features a collection of tables, seating, and decor made with sustainable birch hardwood core Europly.
Photo by Javier Wainstein
“We’re beyond excited to be launching Caramba,” says designer and co-founder Cristian Arostegui G. “It’s been my dream to create a line of…
Moen is making a commitment to the planet on Earth Day with an initiative that focuses on helping preserve and protect our planet’s water resource.
The first aspect of this initiative, entitled Mission Moen, includes a promise to help conserve one trillion gallons of water over the next decade, while improving how people interact with it…
The first furniture products have been certified to the newest version of the ANSI/BIFMA e3 Furniture Sustainability Standard. Tayco, a Toronto-based office furniture manufacturer, has received LEVEL certification from Intertek, one of six certification bodies authorized to grant the LEVEL mark.
Courtesy of tayco.com
Since 1967 Tayco has been a modern office furniture manufacturer supplying high quality…
Interface Toronto Showroom via interface.com
Over the past 25 years, Interface has spearheaded significant improvements across key sustainability metrics internally and throughout its supply chain to help meet its net zero objectives.
Since its moonshot Mission Zero initiative in 1996, which set out to achieve zero impact on the environment by 2020, the commercial flooring company has…
CBRE’s new Edmonton office, occupying the 19th floor of Manulife Place at 10180 - 101st Street, is the first in Alberta to achieve WELL Certification at the silver level for New and Existing Interiors.
Photo Courtesy of CBRE taken by Michael Manchakowski
The award is based on the International WELL Building Institute’s (IWBI) WELL Building Standard (WELL),…
Three parties have responded to questions from the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) about sustainability, living conditions in Indigenous communities, federal procurement, and a national architecture policy for Canada.
The RAIC is advocating for a better built environment during the 2019 federal election campaign with a questionnaire for Canada’s political parties. The election takes place Monday,…
On September 26-29, IDS Vancouver’s design fair took place at the Vancouver Convention Centre West with a theme that encouraged exhibitors to utilize sustainable methods to present their products.
After this year’s Milan Fair, Jody Phillips, director of IDS Vancouver, couldn’t help but think what happens to these stalls after each design week? Considering the majority…
On World Architecture Day, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) called on architects to lead in the fight against climate change and bring discussion of the built environment to the federal election.
In response to the 2019 World Architecture Day theme, “Architecture...housing for all”, the RAIC is focusing on sustainable and climate-resilient design. Buildings and…