For Canadians, snow is a significant part of our culture and identity. Whether you ski, snowboard, play hockey, figure skate, build snowmen, go ice fishing or live in an igloo, without snow these activities wouldn’t exist. With the holiday season now in full swing, we wait with anticipation for our winter wonderland to show up. But what if one day, it didn’t? Read More »
The market shift towards green buildings over the last several years has established new practices and paradigms in the building industry. The changing market for green buildings and the desire to assess the performance of those buildings has led to the emergence of a bona fide evaluation tool for assessing the “green-ness” of projects. Read More »
Cascadia Region Green Building Council
January 19, 2009
Vancouver, BC
A forum and workshop for Building Practitioners to examine the connect/disconnect between green building rating systems, the Standards & Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada and the new BC green building code.
Location:
Segal Graduate School of Business
Rooms 1300 - 1500
500 Granville Street
Cost:
$150 members, $175 non-members, $75 students (limited availability)
For more information, visit:
january/GreenRehabSustForum_
NovDecJan.pdf
“Granville Online asked local foods chef and cookbook author Bill Jones to create the perfect, most sustainability-minded holiday meal—one whose (organic) ingredients could be found locally (in southern B.C.) and in season (December).”
Check out the menu and full recipes on the Granville magazine website.
It’s been a busy year for o-vert with many great activities, initiatives and learning experiences. Now it’s time to focus our sights on the coming year. Stay tuned for a sneak preview of our exciting line-up of initiatives for 2009. Click here to explore our 2008 initiatives.
