Sustainability is an economic, social, and environmental concept that involves meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
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Sustainable Community Planning Our goal is to encourage neighbourhood design and land use planning approaches that reduce costs and environmental impacts, while maintaining community liveability.
Water Conservation Highlights of recent Canadian and international initiatives to promote efficient water use and conservation technologies.
Net Zero Energy Healthy Housing in Canada (NZEHH) Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) is forging an active partnership between industry and all levels of government through the Net Zero Energy Healthy Housing (NZEHH) initiative. This marks an important step to address the practical challenges of ensuring a clean environment and healthy future for Canadians by making low impact Net Zero Energy Healthy Housing a reality in communities all across our country.