09/09/2026
🌍🏗️ World Green Building Week (Sep 7–11, 2026)
Buildings shape how our communities handle tomorrow’s challenges. This year’s theme, , is about getting ready now.
Swipe through to see a few of our projects built with mass timber, net-zero design, and long-term efficiency in mind. 🌲
Building smarter today, so our communities are ready for tomorrow.
This World Green Building Week, we’re shining a spotlight on One Young Street, the first mass timber building in Waterloo Region.
🌲 Mass timber construction – Built with glulam columns and NLT panels, reducing embodied carbon versus traditional steel and concrete.
🏛️ Heritage meets innovation – A custom fritted glass façade echoes the historic Mayfair Hotel that once stood on the site.
🎓 Purpose-built for education – Home to Conestoga College’s School of Engineering and Information Technology.
🏆 Award-winning design – Winner of the People’s Choice Award at Kitchener’s Great Places Awards (2023), plus multiple Canadian Wood Council and Ontario Wood Design honours.
This World Green Building Week, we’re spotlighting Passage House, 18 units of transitional housing built net-zero ready.
🪵 Cross-laminated timber (CLT) – Prefabricated mass timber structure and envelope, cutting embodied carbon and build time.
⚡ Net-zero ready – Designed to meet York Region’s environmental goals from day one.
🏠 Real community impact – Delivered with York Region and Blue Door Support Services, providing stable housing for vulnerable families and individuals.
⏱️ Fast-tracked – Designed and built on an accelerated 10-month schedule.
This World Green Building Week, we’re spotlighting 412 Barton, a 6-storey mass timber building for seniors.
🪵 NLT mass timber construction – Combines Nail-Laminated Timber floors with a concrete foundation and steel framework.
🏗️ Built for a tight site – Delivered on a narrow 6.5-metre-wide, zero-lot-line footprint.
🤝 Real community impact – 15 deeply affordable units, 50% designated for women, with a focus on Indigenous and Black seniors 55+.
⚙️ Efficient by design – Prefabricated components sped up assembly and cut disrupt