Why We Need to Incorporate Climate Data Into New Construction Planning

6 days ago
Frank Came

Climate change isn't just a buzzword — its effects are becoming more cataclysmic. It is causing deaths, displacements and destruction,…

Green cement production is scaling up – and it could cut the carbon footprint of construction

1 month ago

Aside from water, concrete is the most-used material in the world, with about 14 billion cubic metres being used every…

New stormwater infrastructure is needed for Canadian cities

2 months ago

Flooding in Montréal, and other Canadian cities, is becoming a more frequent occurrence.

Ancient Rome had ways to counter the urban heat. What are history’s lessons for today

3 months ago

As intense heat breaks records around the world, a little-reported fact offers some hope for cooling down cities: Under even…

More cities are getting hit by multiple disasters, and that complicates everything from insurance to rebuilding

3 months ago

Climate change will bring new weather patterns that are beyond emergency managers’ current playbooks, which are filled with protocols honed…

To cut the carbon that goes into buildings, we need radical change

3 months ago

New research shows while we can greatly reduce embodied carbon in Australia, it will require radical changes in how we…

Building Resilience Coalition Achieves Major Gains in Promoting Designing For Resilience

3 months ago

The Building Resilience Coalition, a major sponsor of the Pacific Northwest Economic Region, has achieved major goals in strengthening efforts…

PNWER Delegate Council Elects New Officers at 2024 Annual Summit

4 months ago

In the closing hours of a highly successful 2024 Annual Summit, the Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER) Delegate Council elected…

New Low-Carbon Cement and Concrete Centre of Excellence Proposed

4 months ago

New centre to accelerate the development and adoption of novel low-carbon cement and concrete technologies.

Crises are multiplying: here’s how science can help our public decision-makers

5 months ago

The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2023 defines it as “a set of interrelated global risks whose cumulative effects make the…