Monday, September 15, 2025
World-renowned Enwave Green Heat Plant commissioned in Toronto
The commissioning of the new Enwave Green Heat™ Plant is a monumental step in further enabling Enwave to provide low-carbon heating through its Enwave Green…
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Port Lands remediation and flood protection project opens new park
The Honourable Julie Dabrusin, Federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Member of Parliament for Toronto-Danforth, Jennifer McKelvie, Parliamentary Secretary to the Federal Minister…
Expanding Toronto’s tree canopy can build a climate-resilient city
Urbanization has reshaped cities around the world, typically pitted against ecological and landscape connectivity. Toronto’s speedy development fragmented a great deal of natural landscapes, constraining…
CitiesAlive 2024 puts the spotlight on green infrastructure
CitiesAlive 2024, celebrating its twentieth anniversary in 2024, presented an exceptional event experience. The multi-disciplinary conference, hosted by Green Roofs for Healthy Cities and the…
CitiesAlive 2024 to feature pioneering green infrastructure
CitiesAlive 2024, celebrating its twentieth anniversary in 2024, is presenting an exceptional event experience. This multi-disciplinary conference, hosted by Green Roofs for Healthy Cities and…
Enwave commissions expansion of deep lake water cooling system
Enwave Energy Corporation (Enwave) commissioned the Deep Lake Water Cooling (DLWC) System’s fourth intake expansion during a ceremony at its John Street Energy Centre on…
The Retrofit Challenge: The transition to net-zero includes building retrofits
By Mark Douglas Wessel A telling observation made by the World Economic Forum is that cities, where over half of the planet’s population now live,…
YORK1 acquisition strengthens market position in GTA
Mississauga, ON-based YORK1, a leading provider of environmental services, recently announced the acquisition of First Choice Disposal. This strategic move enhances YORK1’s service offerings and…
Toronto continues response efforts following flooding
Climate change is increasing the instances of frequent and severe flooding – Canada’s most common natural hazard – with about 80 per cent of Canadian…
Scarborough police building poised to be a first for green government facilities
Sustainability and energy efficiency are top of mind for municipalities and their constituents. In 2020, Canada ranked as the 11th largest GHG-emitting country in the world,…
Iconic Fairmont Royal York now a certified zero-carbon building
My favourite hotel just got even better. On our wedding night, my husband and I stayed at the iconic Fairmont Royal York in the heart…
Feds support energy-saving program for older high-rise towers in Toronto
Buildings are the third largest contributor of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in Canada. With this in mind, the Government of Canada and the Federation of…
City of Toronto announces the participants in its Deep Retrofit Challenge
Buildings are currently the largest source of GHG emissions in the City of Toronto, generating approximately 58 per cent of community-wide emissions, primarily from the…
Major investment for zero emission public transit in Toronto
This week the Government of Canada and the City of Toronto announced a joint investment of $700 million towards the electrification of the Toronto Transit…
From Landfill to Community Destination: The transformation of North Maple Regional Park
North Maple Regional Park is a milestone development for the City of Vaughan. At 364 hectares (900 acres), it’s the city’s most ambitious park plan…
U of T to be first Canadian university to mandate carbon offsetting for air travel
The University of Toronto (U of T) will be the first Canadian university to enact a mandatory institutional carbon offsetting program for U of T-funded…
Agreement approved for Canada’s largest all-electric, zero-carbon community
Waterfront Toronto recently approved an agreement with Dream Unlimited Corp. (Dream) and Great Gulf Group, known as Quayside Impact Limited Partnership. Under the terms of…
Opportunity to take the deep retrofit challenge in Toronto
Applications for the Deep Retrofit Challenge are now open. The Deep Retrofit Challenge is a competition-style program funded by the Government of Canada, which will support…
Municipal funds for home energy retrofits in Toronto
The City of Toronto’s Home Energy Loan Program (HELP), which has completed 245 retrofit projects with 18 more currently underway, was launched in 2014 as…
Tech challenge in search of Canada’s best deep-tech solution
Do you have a deep-tech solution that can help to solve the major challenges of industry, water, smart cities, or the perverse effects of climate…
Toronto raises green performance standards, mandates net zero
The latest version of the Toronto Green Standard (TGS) came into effect on May 1, 2022 for new development applications. The TGS is a critical…
Feds support ecosystem restoration on Toronto waterfront
Today, on Earth Day, the sun was shining and the birds were singing as Julie Dabrusin, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources and…
Breaking ground for Ontario’s first net zero community centre
Today, the City of Toronto broke ground for the new North East Scarborough Community Recreation & Child Care Centre. The centre, which is located south…
City of Toronto scores top marks for climate leadership
The City of Toronto is being recognized as a global leader on environmental action and transparency, achieving a place on the Customer Data Platform’s (CDP)…