All buildings should be design gems, says architect

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Archiseek / Canada / News / 2007 / October 16

Nova Scotia recently announced its intention to be the greenest province in Canada by 2020. This sounds like healthy competition to me. If it truly signals a re-focus toward goals and away from results, then all may be good. Eastern Canada — under populated, ripe with development opportunity and relatively clean — is poised to fare well. The ten per cent of Canadians who live east of Quebec have a real chance to plan now for more sustainable patterns. It’s obvious now. Globally, our inevitable shift away from a fossil fuel base will need to happen much quicker than anticipated.

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