Vancouver Will Pave Its Streets With Recycled Plastic

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Making the recycled plastic asphalt involves 20 percent less fuel and will lead to major savings in the long term. Read more →

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Your Offbeat Green Getaway Amid A Sea Of Trees And Stars

Free Spirit Tree Spheres, Melody

Free Spirit Tree Spheres, located on five forested acres on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, offers novel accommodations for eco-travelers amid the treetops. Read more →

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Bee House: The Bee’s Knees For The Urban Farmer

Bee House

The Bee House makes use of living walls and a green roof planted with bee-friendly greens, part of a built-in beekeeping system designed for the urban farmer. Read more →

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Passive House And Net Zero: The Zero E House

Zero E House

The Zero E House designed by two Scottish architects uses Passive House construction and onsite renewable energy generation to achieve its net zero profile. Read more →

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Vancouver Botanical Garden Nabs Ultra-Green Visitor’s Center

VanDusen Botanical Garden Center

Designed by Perkins + Will to met the high eco-standard set by the Living Building Challenge, the VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre is a thing of beauty. Read more →

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5 Beautiful Green Rooftops

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What absorbs excess water, cools and filters the air, grows food, and looks pretty? A green roof! Check out these images of green roofs from around the world. Read more →

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EV Infrastructure Charges Ahead In Vancouver

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Vancouver looks to speed electric vehicle adoption with a pilot program that will bring 67 new charging stations while gathering data for future development. Read more →

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Green Vancouver Building Coming Together

TELUS recently received the green light to break ground on its new headquarters development in downtown Vancouver, which will be built to LEED standards. Read more →

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Green LEED Towers Set For Vancouver, B.C.

Telus

The TELUS Garden development slated for Robson Street will consist of two towers--one commercial, one residential--built to LEED Platinum standards. Read more →

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