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| Greennx Book Fair at Chan Centre UBC on May 1, 2007 |
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Post Date: Mar 26, 2007
UBC Bookstore will be bringing books on sustainability for sale at the Greennx Book Fair at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, University of British Columbia, as a special event of the Green Building Tradeshow Opening Ceremony on May 1, 2007. Books such as
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| Launch of UK Green Building Council |
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Post Date: Mar 25, 2007
The UK Green Building Council was launched on February 27, 2007 in London with its mission to dramatically improve the sustainability of the built environment. Video about UK's perspective on Green Buildings and Sustainabilty can be viewed at UK Green Building Council's website at http://www.ukgbc.org/video/index.jsp . |
| Value to green features in buildings is recognized at the Vancouver Valuation Summit 2007 |
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Post Date: Mar 13, 2007
The Vancouver Valuation Summit was held on March 2, 2007 with the attendance of senior executives and officials. Various speakers highlighted the importance of recognizing the value of sustainability in buildings. It was noted that, at present, green features were not always given positive values by valuers. Developers who presented ... |
| Building Environmental Systems Training (BEST), at Douglas College |
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Post Date: May 22, 2007
Building Environmental Systems Training (BEST), at Douglas College, for building operators and facilities managers.
BESS 1100 Practical Overview of Building Systems BESS 1100 CRN 26069, Term 200726, Section 1100-03, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:30 PM to 7:30 PM, starting May 22, 2007 and continuing to June 28, 2007. The ... |
| Deadline for Online Registration for Free Tickets to May 1, 2007 Event at Chan Centre |
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Post Date: Apr 25, 2007
Deadline for Online Registration for Free Tickets for the following event is April 30, 2007 Monday 12 noon [Vancouver time]: Green Building Tradeshow Opening Ceremony [Speaker Event] on May 1, 2007 at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, University of British Columbia. Please register for the Free Ticket at ... |
| Toxic Mercury in Energy Efficient Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs to be Addressed |
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Post Date: Jun 15, 2007
In the Sustainability Community Breakfast gathering on June 13, 2007 in Vancouver, Canada (organized by the Greater Vancouver Regional District), question was raised about toxic mercury in energy efficient compact fluorescent light bulbs. The concern was about the cummulation of small amount of toxic mercury from each compact fluorescent light bulb ... |
| Greennx 2007: Successful event with about 700 participants on May 1, 2007 |
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Post Date: May 25, 2007
The Green Building Tradeshow Opening Ceremony at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts was a successful event attracting about 700 participants. About 500 participants turned out at the Chan Centre while 200 more participants tuned in for the live webcast on May 1, 2007. Nellie Cheng, Secretary of the ... |
| Greennx Film Festival in Vancouver in October 2007 |
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Post Date: Jul 5, 2007
The Greennx Film Festival featuring films on sustainability and innovative design will be held in Vancouver, Canada in October 2007. Sustainable and innovative design by William McDonough, Ken Yeang, Werner Sobek, Steven Holl and others will be featured. It is hoped that the film festival will help ... |
| Film Waste=Food won the 2007 Greennx Viewers' Choice Award at the Greennx Film Festival |
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Post Date: Oct 20, 2007
The film WASTE=FOOD won the 2007 Greennx Viewers' Choice Award at the Greennx Film Festival in Vancouver by recieving the highest number of votes from viewers at the film festival. Why viewers voted for film WASTE=FOOD? Here are some of the reasons given by the viewers as to why they voted for this film: "A must see movie ... |
| National sustainable design awards launched by SABMag - deadline for entries: April 11, 2008 |
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Post Date: Mar 13, 2008
Sustainable Architecture & Building magazine [SABMag] has launched the SAB Awards to recognize excellence in the design and execution of new and renovated Canadian buildings and interiors of all types based on criteria of sustainable design, architectural excellence and technical innovation. Deadline for entries is April 11, 2008. “This national ... |
| Inaugural Arthur Erickson Lecture in Vancouver by Renowned Japanese Architect Fumihilko Maki |
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Post Date: Mar 21, 2008
On March 18, 2008 at the Inaugural Arthur Erickson Lecture in Vancouver, renowned Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki spoke about his architectural design that took into consideration the respect for nature and people's interaction with the building's physical form as well as the spaces that were created consciously and unconsciously. The interflow of view, movement, activities and ... |
| Program Schedule for Greennx 2008 Green Building Conference |
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Post Date: Apr 28, 2008
Greennx 2008 Green Building Conference on May 15, 2008 at Chan Centre, UBC, will provide a full day of comprehensive overview, learning and discussion on latest hot issues on sustainable cities, development, design and technologies. Program details are as follows:
| Phil Christie, TransLink's Vice President of Real Estate Division to speak at UBC on May 15 |
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Post Date: May 7, 2008
Phil Christie, TransLink's Vice President of Real Estate will speak at the Greennx 2008 Green Building conference on May 15 at UBC. Phil will give an overview of the opportunities for real estate development along TransLink's mass transit line which will provide great potential for growth in the region resulting ... |
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| Brent Toderian, Director of City Planning of City of Vancouver to speak at UBC |
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Post Date: May 7, 2008
Brent Toderian, MCIP, Director of City Planning of City of Vancouver, BC, Canada, will speak at the Greennx 2008 Green Building Conference about the sustainable initiatives and policies in Vancouver such as EcoDensity which will set new directions for sustainable building development in Vancouver.
In 2006, Brent Toderian was ... |
| Marty Donkervoort, President and CEO of Inner City Development will speak at Greennx Conference |
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Post Date: May 7, 2008
Marty Donkervoort, MBA, President and CEO, Inner City Development Inc., Winnipeg will speak about his successful experience as a builder and social entrepreneur in sustainable building projects providing employmnet to inner-city low-income residents resulting in Social Return on Investment. Marty is a long-time social justice activist. He has been active in ... |
| James Emery to speak about Green Challenge Initiatives for Schools at Greennx Conference on May 15 |
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Post Date: May 8, 2008
James Emery, MAIBC, MRAIC, P.Eng., LEED AP, Partner of Iredale Group Architecture will speak about Green Challenge Initiatives for Schools at the Greennx Conference on May 15, 2008 at UBC.
James Emery is an architect, structural engineer, and LEED Accredited Professional, as well as Co-Chair of the Vancouver Branch ... |
| SierraPine Introduces New Sustainable Fiber-Board |
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Post Date: Aug 25, 2007
SierraPine, a leading U.S.-based producer of medium density fiberboard [MDF] panels and mouldings, has announced its new product - Arreis Sustainable Design Fiberboard [SDF]. The new MDF panel uses a proprietary binder with no added formaldehyde, and provides LEED credit support in the Materials & Resources and Indoor Environmental Quality ... |
| Columbia Forest Products Launches Formaldehyde-Free Hardwood Plywood Panels |
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Post Date: Aug 25, 2007
Columbia Forest Products, North America's largest manufacturer of hardwood plywood and hardwood veneer, has launched a new line of cost-competitive formaldehyde-free hardwood plywood panels called PureBond.
"PureBond panels are cost-neutral with urea formaldehyde-manufactured plywood, adn they offer better moisture resistance," Columbia President of Plywoof and Veneer Brad Thompson said.
Urea ... |
| Triton Underwater Wood Selected Top-10 Product for 2006 |
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Post Date: Aug 25, 2007
Triton Underwater Wood from Triton Logging Inc. has been selected as one of the 2006 Top-10 Green Building Products by the editors of Environmental Building News and GreenSpec, the U.S. green products directory.
Triton Logging, the world leader in underwater harvesting, uses its patented Sawfish harvesting technology to recover standing ... |
| Mayne Coatings Transforms Aluminum to Wood or Almost Anything |
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Post Date: Aug 23, 2007
Mayne Coatings, a Langley BC-based company, offers a new custom colour batch line system for the application of powder paint and highly realistic decorative finishes such as wood grain, marble and granite on to aluminum or steel surfaces through the exclusive use of patented Italian technology.
Decorative finishes bond to ... |
| Europe's Forests Increasing Says UN |
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Post Date: May 1, 2007
Europe's forests are expanding by about 660,000 ha/year according to the Global Forest Resource Assessment [FRA] completed by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization in November, 2006.
The report also states that:
-Total forest area is just over 1 billion hectares, which is 24% of global forest area, and 44% ... |
| Awards Books Times Three Equal Great Design |
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Post Date: Apr 30, 2007
Wood, the only naturally renewable building material, has many personalities from simple to complex, rustic to refined. All of these are displayed artfully and with authority in the 2003, 2004 and 2005 Wood Design Awards Books from Janam Publications Inc., publisher of Sustainable Architecture & Building magazine.
Together the three ... |
| RAIC Accepts 2030 Challenge |
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Post Date: Apr 30, 2007
Buildings, as most of you know by now, account for half of all greenhouse gas emissions. That being said - it stands to reason – that Architects hold the key to lowering emissions around the world. In November 2006, the RAIC Board committed to being ... |
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