When Clean Water Is a Bad Thing
By Ian Chan
We live in a society, especially here in North America, which prides itself upon the clean supply of a city’s domestic water system. In Vancouver, this is especially the case with our water often coming from glacial run-off. This purity, in water management terms, is measured in microSiemens,... Read more
Dangling the Proverbial Carrot or Stick: How to Drive Behaviour in Favour of Energy Efficient Design
By Chris Doel, MEng, C.Eng., MCIBSE
Most people agree that climate change is a fundamental issue affecting today’s society due to increasing concentrations of green house gases, and in particular CO2. Governments around the world have begun to address this by setting carbon reduction targets and implementing appropriate... Read more
The Techno-Solution Debate: Is Technology Always the Answer?
By Geoff McDonell, PEng., LEED AP
I have to admit that as a mechanical engineer I’ve always been fascinated with technical things. Starting as a kid, I was fascinated with taking apart old alarm clocks and putting them back together to see if they’d work. Right up to today, with more than three decades practicing as a... Read more
