Sustainable Architecture & Building

Sustainable Architecture & Building (SABMag) is the premier resource on sustainable, high-performance building design and construction in Canada. It is published for architects, building contractors, engineers/building consultants, and building owners/managers and contains: profiles of building projects of all types – both new and renovated – including construction details, articles about high-performance building subjects, interviews and product information. One issue per year is devoted to the winning projects of the annual Canadian Green Building Awards which represent some of the best high-performance buildings in Canada.

Sustainable Architecture & Building

COUNTING THE COST OF CLIMATE CHANGE

NEWS

PREFABRICATED BALCONIES BRING BENEFITS IN TIME, COST AND PERFORMANCE • Prefabrication and modular construction are innovative approaches that can benefit a building project, and this includes balconies.

NEWS

PRODUCTS

New All-Canadian Platform • Meeting sustainable building compliance in less time

Amexon Development Corporation wins prestigious IPAX Americas Property Award • The Residences at Central Park project by Amexon Development Corporation has won the coveted IPAX Americas Property Award for "Best Sustainable Residential Development" in Canada.

NAVIGATING THE TRANSFORMATION • The evolving role of wood in sustainable construction

Urban infill building highlights hybrid construction • Completed in 2022, the Fast + Epp Home Office is an elegant, economic and highly transferable example of an urban densification project whose approach to material use is a pragmatic hybrid of mass timber, steel and concrete.

BUILDING BETTER WITH STEEL • Guidelines for lowering GHG emissions in conventional steel structures

KIPLING TRANSIT HUB • Advanced steel framing cuts tonnage costs

CANADA'S STRONG UPSWING - • Using Galvanized Steel as the optimal sustainable construction material

THE DRIVE TO DECARBONIZATION • The Role of Prefabricated Precast Concrete

GIANT STEPS autism centre • A giant step for autism

MECHANICAL SYSTEMS for low energy buildings

CAGBC LAUNCHES ZERO CARBON BUILDING MICRO-CREDENTIAL • New micro-credential helps build proficiency in low-carbon con- cepts and applying the Zero Car- bon Building Standards.

INTERVIEW WITH Mike Manning and Catherine Marshall