Toronto Focus


In collaboration with SAB Magazine, our Chapter publishes two Toronto 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 people by advertising in the upcoming issue! Contact us for more information.

Chapter Members can get a free subscription to Greater Toronto Chapter, CaGBC Regional Publication of SAB Magazine: Toronto FOCUS!  More details here.


Current Edition
 

We are pleased to share with you our 2017 Toronto FOCUS supplement in partnership with SABMag.

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


Case Studies covered in our Spring 2017 Toronto FOCUS Issue:

Lochinvar Condensing Boilers,
Hazel McCallion Campus, Sheridan College

Uponor Radiant Floor Heating,
Archetype Sustainable House


Previous Editions

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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