Green Building Canada is an online network of professionals connected to the green building industry in Canada and features in-depth guides and articles on sustainable building materials LEED and more.

Green building. LEED certification provides independent verification of a building or neighborhoods green features allowing for the design construction operations and maintenance of resource-efficient high-performing healthy cost-effective buildings. Keeping our environment green Recognising that our urban environment should preserve nature and ensuring diverse wildlife and land quality are protected or enhanced by for example remediating and building on polluted land or creating new green spaces. In partnership with Canada Green Building Council the Green Building Program provides the skills training required to work successfully in the Green Building Construction industry.

BuildingGreen is supported by members not advertisers. Green buildings preserve precious natural resources and improve our quality of life. A residential building is defined as a building in which at least 50 of the Gross Floor Area is residential space.

Our organization offers third-party certification programs for single family renovations and high density projects with a communities program under development. Where a project has multiple buildings each. Its no wonder that Rachel Bannon-Godfrey Sustainability Discipline Leader at Stantec says BuildingGreen helps me prioritize what information I need to know and where to find reliable answers.

Building Solutions to Climate Change Report 2016 Healthier Buildings in Canada Report 2016 Energy Benchmarking in Canada Framework 2016 Green Building in Canada Market Impacts Report 2016 LEED in Motion. Our work is not supported by advertising so our sole focus is on our audience. All projects - except residential buildings - shall register with the Canadian Green Building Council CaGBC and achieve LEED Gold certification for Building Design Construction BDC or an equivalent green building rating system.

A sustainable building or green building is an outcome of a design philosophy which focuses on increasing the efficiency of resource use energy water and materials while reducing building impacts on human health and the environment during the buildings lifecycle through better siting design construction operation maintenance and removal. The Cecil and Ida Green Building also called the Green Building or Building 54 is an academic and research building at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT in Cambridge Massachusetts. The professional credential exams measure your understanding of green building design construction and operations.

Development building andor trade permits may be required to install a green roof system. Adopted in 2005 and amended in 2007 this policy requires that all newly constructed City buildings with a footprint greater than 500 square metres be designed at minimum to a LEED TM Certified standard. About Built Green Canada We are an industry-driven organization committed to working with builders interested in sustainability practices in the residential building sector.