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55 Documents associated with: Issues >Environment
  1 Achieving green buldings with LEED : lessons from Canada
    Document Type: Presentation
    Publication Date: April 21, 2008
Author(s): Ken Klassen, CMHC International Training Team (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
    As part of the Sustainable Building and Concrete Seminar during the 2008 Batimat Tradeshow in Abu Dhabi, UAE, Klassen provided an overview of CMHC International and its activities in the United Arab Emirates. Klassen also discussed lessons learned in Canada from adapting and implementing LEED and insights gained from C-2000, a Canadian precursor t...[more]
    See Also: guidelines, sustainability
  2 Action Plan 2000 (AP2K): Background to the Federal Program for Climate Change Reduction
    Document Type: Presentation
    Publication Date: March 2004
Presenter(s): Roy Sage
    There is a greenhouse effect – without it there would be no life on earth as we know it! Today we face two important questions: Is the greenhouse effect, and hence our climate, changing in an unprecedented way? And is human activity responsible? Increasingly, the vast majority of informed opinion says “Yes” to both questions.

It is clear that...[more]
    See Also: emissions, environmental impact
  3 Action Plan on Climate Change: Supplementary Cementing Materials Update
    Document Type: Presentation
    Publication Date: October 21, 2002
Presenter(s): Roy Sage
    Roy Sage's presentation gives an overview of the Kyoto agreement and Canada's action plan for climate change and describes how the use of supplementary cementing materials in concrete fit into that plan....[more]
    See Also: climate change, kyoto protocol
  4 Advancements in Concrete Technology
    Document Type: Technical Report
    Publication Date: June 1999
Author(s): P. K. Mehta
    In terms of advancements in concrete technology, the driving forces have been durability and speed of construction. However, the environmental impact of construction materials is becoming an increasingly important driver. In this paper, Mehta evaluates concrete technologies, using the criteria of construction speed, durability, and environmental im...[more]
    See Also: costs, fly ash, ground granulated blast furnace slag, roller-compacted concrete
  5 Building materials : how to tell green from 'greenwash'
    Document Type: Presentation
    Publication Date: April 21, 2008
Author(s): Ken Klassen, CMHC International Training Team (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
    As part of the Sustainable Building and Concrete Seminar during the 2008 Batimat Tradeshow in Abu Dhabi, UAE, Klassen provided an overview of CMHC International and its activities in the United Arab Emirates. In this presentation, Klassen discussed how to determine if a product or design is ‘green’ or ‘greenwash’. Key considerations include a lif...[more]
    See Also: environmental impact, sustainability
  6 Canada Green Building Council, LEED Canada and Concrete
    Document Type: Presentation
    Publication Date: March 2004
Presenter(s): Tim McGinn, Derek Heslop, Erica Mayer, Lyse Tremblay, John Crace, Ian Jarvis
    This presentation looks at the Canada Green Building Council in terms of the organization's structure, goals and initiatives. One of the key initiatives that the Council is involved in is the development and implementation of LEED Canada. The USGBC's LEED Rating System has been gaining momentum throughout North America and the demand for a Canadian...[more]
    See Also: emissions, environmental impact
  7 Canada's Climate Change: Voluntary Challenge and Registry
    Document Type: Website
    Publication Date: 2003
    The Voluntary Challenge and Registry encourages organizations from all sectors to take greater accountability for greenhouse gas emissions. The website records the Action Plans and Progress Reports that form the basis for planned GHG emission reduction activities by organizations throughout Canada....[more]
    See Also: climate change, emissions, greenhouse gas emissions
  8 Cement and Concrete Role in Sustainable Design
    Document Type: Presentation
    Publication Date: February 13, 2008
Author(s): Andy Vizer, Cement Association of Canada
    The Director of Engineering at the Cement Association of Canada, Vizer discussed the links between the cement industry and the environment through topics such as LEED, thermal mass, energy efficiency, and solidification and stabilization....[more]
    See Also: concrete and cement industry, environmental impact, greenhouse gas emissions, standards, sustainable building design
  9 Cement Industry Federation (Australia) - Greenhouse Issues
    Document Type: Website
    Publication Date: 2003
    The CIF website includes links to the Cement Industry Federation's environmental report, case studies, and fact sheets, and to Australian government reports on the link between dioxins and the cement industry in Australia....[more]
    See Also: concrete and cement industry, emissions, environmental impact
  10 Cement Sustainability Initiative
    Document Type: Website
    Publication Date: 2003
    The Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI) was formed to help the cement industry to address the challenges of sustainable development. The business leaders of a group of major cement companies lead the initiative. The website is a public forum for tracking progress on the project; users can download research reports and stakeholder dialogues, and...[more]
    See Also: Portland cement, sustainability
   
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