New Standard represents the next evolution of green building innovation necessary to meet Canada’s emission reductions targets
On May 29th, the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) has taken a major step toward achieving Canada’s climate change commitments with the launch of the country’s first Zero Carbon Building Standard.  This highly-anticipated Standard assesses carbon use in commercial, institutional, and multi-family buildings in Canada. In order to achieve large-scale market transformation, it was designed to be broadly applicable for many types of new and existing buildings across the country.  It is also the only program of its kind to make carbon reductions the key indicator for building performance.

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