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.
The Sustainable CondoTM Constructed in 2004, the Sustainable CondoTM is a full-size (1,000 square foot) that displays green building design, technologies and systems.
EQuilibrium Housing EQuilibrium Housing offers builders and developers across the country a unique opportunity to stand out as market leaders by building healthier homes and sustainable communities. This section provides additional information regarding the EQuilibrium Housing initiative, including a description of its guiding principles, resource documents and a description for the twelve teams selected by CMHC to build pilot demonstration homes throughout Canada.