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Going carbon neutral in the Brickworks
By Denise Deveau
Project: Evergreen Brickworks Kiln Building
(Building 16)
Location: Don Valley area, Toronto
Project manager: Ellis Don
Architects: LGA Architectural Partners
Mechanical Engineer: BGIS
Mechanical Contractor:…
Sharing stories with Tom Cochrane
By Adam Freill
The highway of Tom Cochrane’s life has taken him all over the world, including to the stretch of highway officially named in his honour, but his musical journey started with his first guitar at the age of 11.
“I think I…
Hitting the heights of efficiency in London
By Adam Freill
What do you do with an 850,000 square-foot decommissioned cereal plant? Well, if you’re in London, Ont., you turn it into an entertainment mecca, of course.
The former Kellogg’s plant is now The Factory, Canada’s…
Fashionably yours – The future of sinks & faucets
By Simon Bowden
Whether you view sinks and faucets as merely functional items that serve a purpose, or as ”jewelry for the kitchen and bathroom,” modern life would not be the same without these ubiquitous plumbing fixtures.
The…
A family business, since 1786
By Adam Freill
One of the biggest challenges that faces a family business is the passing of ownership and
management from one generation to the next. Some companies are able to navigate to a second generation, far fewer to a…
Chic Alors! Warms up to Geothermal
By Denise Deveau
When Quebec City-based Chic Alors! owner Hugues Philippin had the chance to build a new restaurant, he decided a geothermal system would be the perfect choice. A mechanical engineer by education, the pizza restaurant…
Mid-winter sales strategies
By Mark Parliament and Alexandra Wennberg Parliament
Around this time each year, with early season installs and retrofits pretty much wrapped up, it’s not unusual for sales to seem to flatline for contractors, so the focus goes to…
JOHN EPPING: Reaching for the top
By Adam Freill
Despite being one of the top curlers in the world, John Epping still plans his own schedule and answers his own phone. That’s life at the top levels of his sport, so it’s a good thing that he loves what he does. If he…
Longo’s Newest CO2 Refrigeration System One For The Record Books
By Denise Deveau
About a month ago, Longo Brothers Fruit Markets opened a new retail location in Stouffville, Ont., that achieves a near-net-zero rate of electrical energy consumption. The project is the first of its kind for a supermarket…
Six Things To Consider Before Using A Water Jet
By Marty Silverman
Grease, sludge, sand and ice stoppages can present a significant challenge for many cable drain cleaners, but water jetter machines are designed to slice right through these difficult blockages.
Whether electric or…
