A couple of weeks ago, the Globe and Mail reported on the B.C. company Carbon Engineering’s announcement that it had secured an additional CAD$68 million to commercialize its CO2 removal technology. This is a remarkable achievement for the Squamish, B.C. based firm. The Globe article referenced … Read More

Gerard MacDonald and I have just published an article on green building policies (a stand-alone version of article also available here). We’re excited to see the emergence of green building policies that directly consider greenhouse gas (GHG) outcomes. This will be critical to achieving the climate … Read More

Reshape is proud to sponsor IDEA’s 109th Annual Conference and Trade Show taking place in Vancouver from June 11 to 14. The conference will draw over 900 delegates from around the world. We’re happy to welcome global colleagues and also showcase some of our local clients and partners as part of this … Read More

As many Canadian readers know, since this past summer B.C. has had a minority government led by the BC New Democrat Party (NDP), with confidence votes supported by the Green Party. As part of announcing the relationship, the parties released a “Confidence and Supply Agreement” which details how they … Read More

In January, Trent Berry and Gerard MacDonald will be delivering a session at the Sustainable Developments: District Energy, Green Certifications and Building for the Future workshop hosted by the Pacific Business & Law Institute (PBLI).  While the event focuses on the pursuit of major … Read More

Metric Issue: Managing what you Measure As part of the Low-Carbon Building Code blog series, we are exploring some of the most common shortcomings in new and existing building codes and standards. This post discusses the metric issue. Many codes and standards use energy cost or energy use as the … Read More

Boundary Issue As part of the Low-Carbon Building Code blog series, we are exploring some of the most common shortcomings in building codes and standards. One of the most commonly observed building code issues is the failure to recognize off-site energy efficiency or renewable energy measures (aka … Read More

Last week, our client Metro Vancouver closed a deal with Lonsdale Energy Corporation (LEC) to sell low-carbon heat to LEC. LEC is a district heating system in the City of North Vancouver which provides heat service to buildings in the Lower and Central Lonsdale areas. The heat source for this … Read More

Local Optima v Global Optima City building has moved from debates about whether to act to stem the rise of carbon emissions, to how best to act. As we laid out in our introductory post to this series, building codes and green building standards are some of the few climate action tools … Read More

Low-Carbon Building Codes, Policies, and Standards: Panacea or Problematic? When most people think of cities, they immediately think of buildings.  No surprise – they are the most obvious feature of a city.  And buildings – particularly new buildings – are the focus of most city policies related to … Read More