The annual Consulting Engineers of Ontario (CEO) awards ceremony was a little different this year! In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, CEO hosted a live virtual event on YouTube to announce the finalists and winners of the 2020 OCEA Awards.
Humber Building NX Achieves First Zero Carbon Certification in Canada for a Retrofit
The retrofitted Humber Building NX has become the first retrofit in Canada to be achieve Zero Carbon Building - Design Certification, awarded by the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC).
Advancing Morrison Hershfield's Corporate Social Responsibility
Morrison Hershfield is excited to release our first formal Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report.
"Most Sustainable Team" at AIA Houston's Sandcastle Competition!
Morrison Hershfield had the pleasure of teaming up with Page/ (PSP) and Linbeck Group, LLC (LG) for the 32nd annual AIA Sandcastle competition. Over the last few months, staff from our Houston office worked together with team members from PSP and LG to plan for the event - sharing ideas and developing a design concept – and it was exciting to finally see the team’s creative design come to life!
Commuter Challenge 2018 – How Did We Do?
Once again this year, staff from Morrison Hershfield supported the annual Commuter Challenge, a week-long event that takes place during Canadian Environment Week. It is a friendly competition between Canadian cities and workplaces that celebrates active and sustainable transportation. This year’s Challenge included 17,480 participants from 1,511 workplaces, and avoided 258,132 kg of CO2.
Living Future Vancouver
On Thursday, April 19th, 2018, Living Future Vancouver produced a sold out event that focused on bringing healthy and regenerative buildings to the city. Held in a historic former Bank of Canada building now called The Permanent, the event showcased an all-star lineup of speakers and panelists, including:
How We Make Every Day Earth Day
When every day is earth day, everybody wins.
Morrison Hershfield’s Stevan Vinci Named 2017 LEED Fellow
Stevan Vinci, Building Science Consultant and Sustainability Specialist, has been selected as a 2017 LEED Fellow by the Green Business Certification Institute (GBCI). This honor is granted for his outstanding work as LEED Professional and the significance of his contributions to the green building community.
Robinson Place Wins Award of Excellence
Morrison Hershfield is excited to announce that Robinson Place has been awarded a 2016 Canadian Consulting Engineering Award of Excellence in the Buildings category for its LEED EB: O&M project.
LEED v4 Brings Exciting Changes to Materials Requirements
While LEED v4 brings with it a variety of new and updated requirements, the largest changes are within the Materials and Resources credit category.
SunMine: One of Canada’s Top 15 Sustainability-Oriented Projects
Morrison Hershfield congratulates the City of Kimberley’s SunMine on being named as one of Canada’s Clean50 Top 15 Project Award winners.
Robinson Place Receives 2015 Innovation Award for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance
Morrison Hershfield congratulates Robinson Place and Infrastructure Ontario’s Real Estate Management Team on receiving the 2015 Innovation Award for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance from the Greater Toronto Area Chapter of the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC).
Morrison Hershfield Helps Infrastructure Ontario Achieve First LEED EB:O&M Platinum Rating for a Government Building in Canada
Robinson Place has been officially designated as LEED EB: O&M Platinum by the Green Building Council of Canada (CaGBC). This Ontario Government Building at 300 Water Street in Peterborough, Ontario also received an ENERGY STAR score of 89.
Christian Cianfrone Receives President's Volunteer Service Award from USGBC
Building Energy Specialist Christian Cianfrone (far right) was a recipient of the President’s Volunteer Service Award by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) in a ceremony on June 29 during their Volunteer Awards Dinner at Convergence in San Diego, California.
Director of Sustainability Mark Lucuik, P.Eng., LEED Fellow was honoured by the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) with the CaGBC Volunteer Leadership Award at the 2015 CaGBC National Conference and Expo.