Newsletter – June 2016

IN THIS ISSUE Gateway Pacific Business Centre Achieved LEED Certification Projects in Place Society Governor General’s Medals inArchitecture for 2016 Emphasizes BC Leadership in Timber Buildings Solar Power at it’s Finest Upcoming Events

Around the World: Green Building Growth – May 2016

India Leads in Green Buildings India’s #3 ranking on the US Green Building Council’s top ten LEED list in 2015 is only part of the story, India also has its own green building rating systems for buildings, schools, factories, landscapes, townships, mass rapid transit, and just launched a new system for existing multi-dwelling communities. Not […]

Co-Op Owned Solar Project Launches in BC – April 2016

Solshare Energy, a project of Vancouver Co-Housing and parent company Vancouver Renewable Energy (VREC), officially launched BC’s first co-operatively (co-op) owned community solar project on Wed, March 30th at 1733 East 33 Ave in Vancouver, BC. The project consists of a 90-panel solar photovoltaic (PV) array with three-phase micro-inverters, generating 23 kWh annually, on the […]

Light House at GLOBE 2016 – UK-Canada Low Carbon Forum: Sustainable Future Cities

Light House was honoured to be one of 32 participants at the UK-Canada Low Carbon Forum: Sustainable Future Cities held March 1, 2016 in Vancouver.

Environmental Psychology Specialist Joins Light House – January 2016

We are pleased to announce that Kaitlyn Gillis has joined Light House to support our mission-driven work and consulting services related to health and wellbeing. Kaitlyn brings a personal passion for health and wellness in the built environment, specifically around the intersection of technological, business, and human factors. Through her work and academic pursuits she […]

Waste to Employment Labour Market Partnership: Phase 1 Report Released – December 2015

The Resource Recovery Labour Market Partnership Project was initiated by Community Social Planning Council (CSPC) of Greater Victoria and supported by the Employment Program of British Colombia and funded by the Governments of Canada and British Colombia respectively. Light House is part of the advisory committee for the project, providing strategic guidance on opportunities within […]

Rounding Out Our Efforts: Increasing Canada’s Circular Economy – December 2015

Tracy Casavant & Peter Laybourn The G7, of which Canada is a member, has made resource efficiency a priority and has established the Alliance for Resource Efficiency, which has endorsed Industrial Symbiosis, in particular the National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP) model developed in the UK, as a best practice. NISPs are now running in 21 […]

Light House Sustainable Building Centre Joins DOE Residential Network – July 2014

Light House Sustainable Building Centre Joins DOE Residential Network Light House Sustainable Building Centre has become a new member of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Better Buildings Residential Network, which connects energy efficiency programs and partners to share best practices and learn from one another to increase the number of homes that are energy […]

Journal of Commerce: Green building with Joanne Sawatzky at the VRCA Construction Learning Forum – May 2014

Joanne Sawatzky, the senior green building project manager at Light House Sustainable Building Centre, delivered a seminar on progress made with “green” construction at the Vancouver Regional Construction Association’s Construction Learning Forum held recently in Whistler, B.C. Sawatsky also spoke to the Journal of Commerce about the challenges facing green building and the increased commitment […]

GLOBE-Net: NISP comes to Canada – March 2014

Read the article at http://globe-net.com/nisp-comes-canada/

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