Toronto's net-zero emissions goal for 2040 sounds distant, but shifting to green building standards is no quick and easy task. realestate sustainability masstimber construction
2:39 PM Apr 11, 2023
Shifting to green building standards is no easy feat – it involves innovative thinking, fast action, and strategic budgeting, just to name a few elements at play. But Mississauga-based construction companyToday, they’re using their expertise to help build a more sustainable future.In construction, emissions come from many places: the construction process, materials, and operational strategies, to start – so of course, the work to lower these emissions must originate from multiple angles.
“That was a really exciting project that had a strong Indigenous influence on the design from an Indigenous architect, Smoke Architecture,” says EllisDon’s Construction Sciences Director Mark Gaglione. “It’s the first large institutional mass timber project we’re building in Ontario, and all the timber has now been erected, and the team is completing the finishes on the inside currently.”
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