Ontario FOCUS


In collaboration with SAB Magazine, our Chapter publishes two Ontario Focus supplements yearly, in the spring and in the fall. Each issue features local green building issues, projects, technologies, and leaders.

There is an opportunity for your company to promote its business and services to a distribution of over 5,000 design and building professionals by advertising in the upcoming issue! Contact us for more information.

CaGBC - Greater Toronto Chapter Members can get a free subscription to Ontario FOCUS!  More details here.

Current Edition


 

 

We are pleased to share with you our Spring 2021 Ontario FOCUS supplement in partnership with SABMag.

Thank you to the advertisers of this issue:

Alpolic Metal Composite Materials LiveRoof Ontario
Camino Systems NTI Boilers
Carey Glass Ontario Panelization/Ceramitex
Diamond Schmitt Architects Oriole Landscaping
Gingko Sustainability Pomerleau
Inline Fiberglass Pontarolo Engineering/Cupolex
Kilmer Environmental Inc. Savings by Design/Enbridge Gas Inc.

 

Previous Editions

Inside our Fall 2020 Toronto Focus Issue you'll find:

  • Humber College Barrett Centre for Technological Innovation
  • Waste Management and Education Centre
  • Fast-Tracking the Workforce for a Low-Carbon Canada

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Thank you to the advertisers of this issue:

ACO Longboard Products
CBC Specialty Metals Processing Noram Glass
Diamond Schmitt Architects Pomerleau
Inline Fibreglass Tempeff North America
LiveRoof Ontario Enbridge Gas Inc./Savings by Design
   

Inside our Spring/Summer 2020 Toronto Focus Issue you'll find:

  • Magna Hall at Seneca College's King Campus
  • Guelph Deep Energy Retrofit
  • MNRF Fire Management Headquarters

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Thank you to the advertisers of this issue:

Alumicor ThermaWall LiveRoof
CaGBC Building Lasting Change Masonite Architectural
CBC Specialty Metals Processing Moses Structural Engineers
Diamond Schmitt Architects Tremco Roofing and Building Maintenance 
Evolve Builders Group Inc Enbridge Gas Inc./Savings by Design
Inline Fiberglass  

Inside our Fall 2019 Toronto Focus Issue you'll find:

  • Joyce Centre for Partnership and Innovation at Mohawk College
  • New Technologies in Water Metering
  • Architecture for Integrated Stormwater Management

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Thank you to the advertisers of this issue:

Dema Wood Works Mitsubishi Heating and Cooling
Diamond Schmitt Architects Pomerleau
Ecoroof Incentive Program/City of Toronto Pumptronics
Enbridge Gas Inc./Savings by Design Recycle Smart
Inline Fiberglass SageGlass
LiveRoof Thames Valley Brick and Tiles
Masonite Architectural Trillium Architectural Products
  Walter’s Group Inc.

Inside our Spring 2019 Toronto Focus Issue you'll find:

  • Bringing Back Architectural Salvage
  • Managing the 8 Deadly Wastes Through Offsite Construction
  • David Braley Health Science Centre

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Thank you to the advertisers of this issue:

Alumicor Inline Fibreglass
CaGBC Building Lasting Change LiveRoof
City of Toronto EcoRoof Incentive Program Pollard Windows & Doors
Diamond Schmitt Architects Recycle Smart
Savings by Design - Enbridge SBC Green Building Festival

Inside our Fall 2018 Toronto Focus Issue you'll find:

  • West 5: Net-Zero Energy over 70 Acres
  • Building Better Housing Through Intensification
  • Sustainability at the Plant: Beyond Bricks and Mortar

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Thank you to the advertisers of this issue:

Diamond Schmitt LiveRoof
Enbridge / Affordable Housing New Construction McCallum Sather
Enbridge / Savings By Design Nedlaw Living Walls
Inline Fiberglass Peto MacCullum Consulting Engineers
Live Green Toronto Pomerleau

Inside our Spring 2018 Toronto Focus Issue you'll find:

  • Daniels Building and York Region Annex; Resilience Through Design
  • East Scarborough Storefront: Community-Engaged Design
  • Good News for Torontonians: Flood Risk Can Be Managed

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Thank you to the advertisers of this issue:

Canada Green Building Council LiveGreen Toronto
Canadian Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute [CPCI] LiveRoof
Diamond Schmitt McCallum Sather
Inline Fiberglass Pomerleau

Inside our Fall 2017 Toronto Focus Issue you'll find:

  • The Retrofit Climate
  • Connecting Capital to the Energy Efficency Market
  • KingSett Capital's Approach to Combating Climate Change
  • Eva's Phoenix: A Retrofit for Youth

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Thank you to the advertisers of this issue:

City of Toronto Pinwheel Structures
Diamond Schmitt Architects Pollard Windows and Doors
Inline Fiberglass  Pomerleau
LiveRoof Ontario Toronto Hydro
McCallum Sather   

Inside our Spring 2017 Toronto Focus Issue you'll find:

  • What the Building Sector Needs to Know About Ontario's Climate Change Action Plan 
  • What's New With the Toronto Green Standard 
  • Changes to the Ontario Building Code 
  • Information on CaGBC's Zero Carbon Building Standard 

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Thank you to the advertisers of this issue:

2017 Canadian Directory of Products and Services LiveRoof
Aquatech Lochinvar
CaGBC Building Lasting Change 2017 Pinwheel Structures
City of Toronto Eco Roof Incentive Program Pomerleau
Diamond Schmitt Architects Toronto Hydro Small Business Lighting
Inline Fiberglass Viessmann

 

Inside our Fall 2016 Toronto Focus Issue you'll find:

  • Exciting Changes to Materials
  • New Standards and Metrics for Energy Performance
  • Pushing the Envelope with LEED v4
  • Google's New Canadian Headquarters

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Thank you to the advertisers of this issue:

Baillargeon Enbridge Pinwheel
CFMS Inline Fiberglass Pollard
City of Toronto LiveRoof SABMag
Diamond Schmitt McCallum Sather Termobuild

 

Inside our Spring 2016 Toronto Focus Issue you'll find:

  • Partnerships Key to Successful Implementation
  • Building Momentum on CivicAction's Race to Reduce 
  • Lessons Learned from New York City's Benchmarking Program
  • The Road Towards Building Energy and Water Reporting and Benchmarking Across Canada

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Inside our Fall 2015 Toronto Focus Issue you'll find: 

  • Wellness and the Built Environment
  • Sustainable Healthcare Environments and Patient Recovery
  • Biophilia and the Built Environment
  • The Freedom to Walk and Cycle Healthy Community Design in Ontario 
  • Canada and the WELL Building Standard 
  • And more! 

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Inside our Spring 2015 Toronto Focus Issue you'll find:

  • Waterfront Toronto, An Intelligent Approach to a Connected Community
  • Healthy Communities, Healthy Buildings 
  • The Green Button in Ontario 
  • Engaging Tenants with Technology
  • The LEED Dynamic Plaque
  • Local News + Events
  • And more!

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Inside our Fall 2014 Toronto Focus Issue you'll find:

  • RBC WaterPark Place, Smart and Sustainable 
  • Humber River Hospital project
  • GPRO: Green Professional Building Skills Training
  • Municipal Green Building Initiatives and Policies in Southern Ontario
  • Student Engagement Programs
  • Local News + Events
  • And more!

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Inside our Spring 2014 Toronto Focus Issue you'll find:

  • LEED v4 now in Canada
  • The Living City Campus
  • Building Energy & GHG Benchmarking, Labeling & Transparency
  • CIBC Pan Am Parapan Am Athletics Stadium
  • Toronto's Newest Community on Track for 2015
  • Local News + Events
  • And more!

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Inside our Fall 2013 Toronto Focus Issue you'll find:

  • Special Feature on Kingston Park Pavilion showcasing salvaged local wood.
  • Project profiles on the Earth Rangers Centre and the Hospital for Sick Children
  • Sustainable Building Materials
  • Local News + Events
  • And more!

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Inside our Spring 2013 Toronto Focus Issue you'll find:

  • Special Feature on Waterfront Toronto, North America's largest urban renewal project.
  • Project profile on Google Canada's new environmentally reponsible office
  • High-rise innovations
  • Local News + Events
  • And more!

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Inside our Fall 2012 Toronto Focus Issue you'll find:

  • 30 pages of local green building industry projects
  • Local News + Events + Green Condo Checklist
  • And more!

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Toronto Focus, Spring 2012 Inside our Spring 2012 Toronto Focus Issue you'll find:

•  32 pages of local green building industry projects
•  2-page spread on leading water conservation intiatives
•  Tear-out Green Homes checklist
•  Review of LEED EB:OM
•  And more!

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Review our Fall 2011 Toronto Green Building Guide, developed in collaboration with the City of Toronto and SAB Magazine.  Inside, you'll find:

•  Compelling photos and features of 27 local building projects and their high performance designs
•  Regional policies and programs
•  Profiles of innovative companies
•  2-page map of green building projects in the city

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Spring 2011 Our first edition of our Toronto Focus supplement in SAB Magazine.  Inside, you'll find:

•  Local industry news and events
•  Green Leader profile: Mark Salerno
•  Corus Entertainment: Dynamic interior delivers big energy savings
•  One take; Health, Sustainability and Urbanism
•  Earth Rangers Centre: Staying green through operations excellence
•  City Hall gets a park: Green roof adorns podium

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