In 2012, the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) will celebrate its 10th anniversary. Over the past ten years, the Council, its members, Chapters and supporters have made much progress on green building and sustainable community development. Knowing that buildings account for more than 40 per cent of total greenhouse gas emissions, CaGBC works to make Canada more sustainable.

Partners in Project Green’s Business Ambassadors make up a select community of companies being recognized for best-in-class efforts in transforming the employment lands surrounding Toronto Pearson into an internationally recognized eco-business zone. Broan NuTone Canada (BNC) has joined this community of excellence working together to create a world class eco-business zone.

Congratulations to all of the People Power Challenge Waste Reduction competitors – all of the participating companies put up a good fight, but in the end, there could only be one winner.  To find out who, join Partners in Project Green at the Eco-Business Breakfast: Energy Management session on February 23. 

The Sustainability Learning Centre and Green Education ON-LINE announced today a partnership to bring 50 new ON-LINE sustainability training modules into SLC’s Green Core Competency Program. The 50 modules range from Sustainability Planning to Green Fleet and Supply Chain Management. Each module is 15 minutes, self-directed and complete with “tests for understanding”. Participants can gain recognition toward sustainability learning certification.

As Calstone continues to look at ways to reduce their environmental footprint, they wanted to find a way to eliminate the need for watering their outside plants. These plants are located in recessed planters in front of all the Calstone office windows and therefore don't get direct rain fall. All plants are typically watered once a week using a combination of rain water collected on the roof and city water from early spring until late fall.