Showing posts with label energy sustainability engineering. Show all posts
Showing posts with label energy sustainability engineering. Show all posts

Tuesday, 18 September 2012

2012 Green Building Festival: New Codes, Better Buildings

October 11 & 12: Evergreen Brick Works
Our Sustainability Project Manager, Adam, will be a featured speaker at this year’s Green Building Festival. Since 2005, the Green Building Festival has been Canada’s most comprehensive annual conference on green building design, operations, technologies, and behaviours. The 2012 Green Building Festival focuses on more than just showcasing good design – it’s about enabling the building industry to measurably improve the performance of the built environment.
Don’t miss this outstanding opportunity to learn from industry experts about the new Ontario Building Code and the move from prescriptive to performance-based standards. You’ll leave with practical tools to help you understand, meet, and exceed the new SB-10 energy efficiency requirements.

Presentations will include:
  • Keynote addresses by recognized sustainable building experts
    • Jason F. McLennan, International Living Future Institute (Living Building Challenge)
    • Edward Mazria, Architecture 2030 (The 2030 Challenge)
  • Informative plenary sessions
  • Training workshops
  • Interactive discussions
  • Awards Reception
The 2012 Green Building Festival is hosted by Sustainable Buildings Canada – enabling the building industry to measurably improve the performance of the built environment.

For more information, including registration details, please visit their website http://www.sbcanada.org/gbfestival/

Wednesday, 1 February 2012

Ontario Energy Minister visits Humber College's Sustainable Energy program

Ontario Minister of Energy Chris Bentley tours Humber College's Sustainable Energy and Building Technology classroom. Provident Energy's energy analyst, Jodi, is featured in the tour and interview.

Check out the summary and video on Humber's website.