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Narrowing down the field from a huge number of outstanding nominations, our Jury has made its decision and some of the best, most innovative builders in Ontario are getting recognized for their work! Categories include Building Innovation (Low, [...]

The Housing Innovation Forum will bring what we know about energy-efficient, high-performance building into immediate focus with insights and best practices to drive your business today. Beginning with our Keynote speaker, MaRS Senior Adviser and [...]

EnerQuality is pleased to announce this year's Hall of Fame inductee is Larry Brydon, VP Business Development with Cricket Energy. The award will be presented at the Housing Innovation Forum & Awards on February 22, 2018. Larry has been in [...]

On February 22, 2018, Tom Rand will present the keynote to the leaders of the high performance building industry gathering to learn about being In The [K[Nnow at the Housing Innovation Forum & Awards. The Forum & Awards – taking [...]

The Ontario Home Builders' Association is proud to announce Enrbidge Gas Distribution's Michelle Côte as the Chair of OHBA Climate Change Council. The Climate Change Council is reaching out to interested members and Home Builders' Associations [...]

Earlier this week, the Government of Canada announced its first ever National Housing Strategy (NHS). The NHS is an ambitious 10-year, $40-billion once in a generation investment that will give more Canadians a place to call home. One the many [...]

OTTAWA — The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) is recruiting residential and commercial developers for Canada’s first Zero Carbon building program in an effort to improve and expand sustainable design and construction. “I am confident [...]

(Article courtesy the Financial Post) OTTAWA — Government officials are crafting tougher building codes that could make both new homes and renovations of existing properties more costly in coming years, part of Ottawa’s wider plan to cut [...]

Earlier this month, CHBA CEO Kevin Lee testified before the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources as part of its study on the effects of transitioning to a low carbon economy. Over the fall the Committee will be [...]

(BILD President and CEO Bryan Tuckey authors a series of newspaper columns focusing on key industry issues. They appear on Thursdays in Metro News and on Saturdays in the Toronto Sun and the Toronto Star’s New In Homes section.) By Bryan [...]

Toronto – London, ON’s CCR Building & Remodeling took home the EnerQuality Environmental Stewardship Award at the London Home Builders’ Association Awards of Excellence on October 12, 2017. The self-nominated award is sponsored by [...]

Matt Farrell, President, Ontario Building Officials Association; Joe Vaccaro, CEO, Ontario Home Builders’ Association; Alan Shaw, OBOA Executive; Jason Schmidt-Shoukri, Director of Building Standards, and Chief Building Official, City of Vaughan; [...]