Why Green Building

Transforming Canada’s buildings for good

Green buildings are a proven choice for a better, more prosperous and resilient future. They reduce energy and water use, cut waste, and are more affordable to operate. By building green, we can create good jobs and encourage climate-friendly innovations. Today, advances in green building can reduce carbon emissions and eliminate environmental impacts, making communities more resilient and helping Canada meet its climate targets.

Green Building Benefits

Green buildings are affordable, efficient, and designed with people and the environment in mind.

Building Climate Solutions

To meet Canada’s climate targets green, resilient, and zero-carbon buildings must become the norm.

Retrofits for the Future

Retrofitting existing buildings is important to reaching Canada’s climate targets and a significant job creating engine.

Green Building Jobs

Meeting zero carbon building and retrofit demand requires more workers with the right skills.

Latest News

Advancing zero carbon through transition planning

The Building Lasting Change (BLC) conference saw CAGBC emphasize transition planning as an industry priority.…
July 15, 2024

Updates to the Greening Government Strategy at BLC

One of the highlights of Building Lasting Change (BLC) was the participation of the Honourable…
July 12, 2024

New building type identifiers roll out in CAGBC database

Are you a data nerd? Do you enjoy analyzing CAGBC certification data for…
July 11, 2024

Updated Zero Carbon Workbooks

CAGBC has posted the updated Zero Carbon Building – Performance v2 Workbook and…
July 8, 2024