As Canada builds more homes, cleaner materials won’t cost more—and would benefit domestic industries: report - Clean Energy Canada

As Canada builds more homes, cleaner materials won’t cost more—and would benefit domestic industries: report - Clean Energy Canada

TORONTO — As Canada moves forward with plans to build millions of new homes, the carbon emissions associated with the materials that make up houses and other major infrastructure are substantial. But a new Clean Energy Canada report released today finds that building with lower-carbon materials and methods doesn’t need to make housing more expensive—and even has the added benefit of supporting Canadian industries at a time of high tariffs and tr…