Buildings in Canada are responsible for about 35 per cent of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions…

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in Climate Change, Issue 17 & 18, Volume 17

VANCOUVER – Buildings in Canada are responsible for about 35 per cent of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions, representing the single greatest opportunity to reduce emissions, GLOBE 2008 heard.

            Emissions from commercial buildings could be reduced to 1990 levels by 2030, by taking a best-practices approach that uses building materials that are readily available and affordable and have a 10-year payback period or less, said Jonathan Westeinde, chair of the Advisory Group for Green Buildings in North America for the Commission for Environmental Cooperation based in Montreal.

            Emissions from residential buildings could be well below 1990 levels within the same time frame,…


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