CMHC Housing Design Catalogue /
Materials GuidePolicy, Strategy
This guide supports housing providers, designers, and builders in selecting materials that are cost-effective, durable, and aligned with low-carbon construction goals, grounded in whole-building life cycle assessments and tailored to the Canadian context.
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Ha/f led Ontario's first embodied carbon benchmarking study across 41 large building projects, translating findings into policy guidance for municipalities. The Primer directly informed the City of Toronto's Green Standards, which introduced North America's first absolute embodied carbon targets for new construction.
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CMHC Housing Design Catalogue /
Climate Resilience GuidePolicy, Strategy
This guide draws on designs from the CMHC Housing Design Catalogue to outline practical strategies for building climate-adapted housing across Canada's diverse regions, addressing risks including heatwaves, wildfires, flooding, and permafrost thaw across building, interiors, and site.
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Co-authored with ReHousing, this accessible guide helps homeowners and citizen developers understand carbon emissions from residential buildings and how to approach renovations, additions, and new construction from a whole life carbon perspective, with practical guidance on materials and building systems.
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