Climate change is becoming a hot-button political issue in British Columbia with opposition parties launching election-style attacks on the New Democrat government's clean climate policies.
The Manitoba government has decided to adopt the lowest possible standard for energy efficiency when the newest national model codes take effect next year.
The earthquake that ravaged Turkey and Syria this week offers both lessons and warnings for people in British Columbia as images emerge of the human devastation and costly damage, Canadian seismology experts say.
According to the report from Efficiency Canada, the energy components of the new codes are now "largely finalized" and expected to be published in December 2021, yet they are so far missing some significant requirements like mandatory air leak tests.
Nearly a third of Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions come from structures we build: houses, commercial buildings and infrastructure. The author examines the way those emissions are measured and how the practice should be improved.
The National Research Council says Canada's homes and highways were built with assumptions about weather patterns that are no longer relevant thanks to climate change.