Etiket: buildings
War in Ukraine | The technology used to remember damaged historic buildings
(Kharkiv) Shells and missiles have rained down on Ukrainian cities since the start of the war, claiming lives but also damaging historic buildings. Cultural services seek to preserve their memory…
Spain limits the use of air conditioning in public buildings and encourages teleworking of civil servants
These measures take place in line with the efforts requested by Brussels to end European dependence on Russian gas. Article written by Published on 26/05/2022 14:07 Update on 26/05/2022 14:47…
Jérôme Lapierre Architect | “Creating dialogues between buildings”
The job of an architect does not only consist in drawing plans, it also obliges us to reflect on the relationship between man and matter. Jérôme Lapierre, a native architect…
200 buildings on fire and at least five dead, according to local authorities
According to Russian authorities, around 300 people and more than 90 vehicles are at work trying to put out the fire. Article written by Posted on 07/05/2022 13:05 Reading time…
The cost of constructing buildings on the rise in Canada
Building construction costs rose for both residential and non-residential for the first quarter of 2022, driven in part by higher labor costs and fuel prices. • Read also: Bursting of…
Greener buildings in Montreal by 2030
Place Ville-Marie and the Hotel Reine-Elizabeth want to go green. Invanhoé Cambridge, the real estate arm of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, took advantage of the first…
Montreal Climate Summit | New buildings must be “zero emissions” from 2025
(Montreal) All buildings in Montreal must be powered exclusively by fully renewable energy by 2040, rather than 2050, and new construction must be “zero emissions” from 2025. Posted at 9:20…
Ahuntsic-Cartierville: two buildings affected by a fire
Several homes were engulfed in flames on Saturday evening after a blaze broke out between two buildings in the borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville, in Montreal. The firefighters received the alert shortly…
Federal Buildings | Surplus offices could be turned into housing
(Ottawa) The federal government is not ruling out the idea of transforming certain office buildings it owns into housing in major cities across the country, including Montreal, says Treasury Board…
Federal Buildings | Surplus offices could be turned into housing
(Ottawa) The federal government is not ruling out the idea of transforming certain office buildings it owns into housing in major cities across the country, including Montreal, says Treasury Board…
How the Region wants to buy the buildings of the SAM to reinstall a foundry in Aveyron
For almost 150 days, the employees of the SAM foundry in Aveyron have occupied their factory. After months of struggle, they are very close to obtaining an agreement to end…
Examples of inspiring buildings for their energy efficiency
This text is part of the special Real Estate section By 2030, the Government of Quebec’s Plan for a Green Economy aims to halve greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the…
Julia tells the hell of Mariupol, “when the night lights up with the flames that burn the buildings”
Mariupol is still under fire from Russian bombs, fighting is also taking place on the ground. Julia, 36, who was able to leave town, kept the headquarters diary. She confided…
Julia tells the hell of Mariupol, “when the night lights up with the flames that burn the buildings”
Mariupol is still under fire from Russian bombs, fighting is also taking place on the ground. Julia, 36, who was able to leave town, kept the headquarters diary. She confided…
In Villeurbanne, an ecological house in load-bearing straw built in the middle of buildings
Published on 03/18/2022 19:14 FTR Article written by A new public building, composed mainly of load-bearing straw, is under construction in Villeurbanne, near Lyon. An innovative ecological technology which an…
Buildings in yellow and blue, what support!
I feel a great feeling of revolt in front of the destruction of Ukraine, in front of the massacre of the Ukrainian people. Economic sanctions, but refusal to give planes…
Religious buildings | Quebec invests 10 million to give new vocations
(Quebec) Quebec is investing more than 10 million to revitalize 22 heritage religious buildings in order to give them a second life. Posted at 3:25 p.m. Culture Minister Nathalie Roy…
Two buildings of the Seigniorial Domain of Mascouche in danger
The mayor of Mascouche does not believe that the mill and the miller’s house of the seigneurial domain of Mascouche will be able to survive another winter as their state…
Deaths and buildings destroyed in eastern Ukraine
“Shitty country, put…”, shouts a woman, in front of the body of a man killed in a bombardment on a residential district of Chugouïv, in the east of Ukraine, epicenter…
New buildings | Québec solidaire wants to counter “abusive rent increases”
(Montreal) Québec solidaire undertook on Sunday to introduce a bill to counter “savage rent increases” for buildings that have been rented for less than 5 years. Posted at 12:27 p.m.…