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On June 20 '22 Sustainable Buidlings Canada hosted a webinar on Adapting to Extreme Heat. The presentation highlights findings of the recent report Irreversible Extreme Heat: Protecting Canadians and Communities From a Lethal Future. "This report, from the University of Waterloo and Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation, provides guidance on the future of extreme heat events in Canada and how property owners and managers, designers, and planners can take action now to minimize the impact of these natural disasters.

The Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation has just published this report. Watch the webinar recording  here.

"Executive Summary

Sharing this Press Release by the Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Reslience Center: Announcement of Extreme Heat Resilience Alliance

Extreme Heat Resilience Alliance:
Reducing Extreme Heat Risk for Vulnerable People

Newly formed alliance launches global initiative to name and categorize heat waves to reduce risks of this “silent killer”

MICROMOBILITY !!!

What’s environmentally-friendly(er), cheap, quiet, fast as a speeding bicycle and operable on bike paths? With fears around both public transit and ‘car-maggedon’, let’s consider the case for personal micromobility devices. 

What is a heat pump and how can it make your home more comfortable and energy efficient?

To learn all about how this new technology helps to heat and cool your home, view this excellent webinar Residential Heat Pumps 101, hosted by the City of Toronto's Environment and Energy Division on February 28th, 2020

Slides are also available in a pdf format here.