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Overcoming Systemic Barriers to ‘Greening’ the Construction Industry: The Important Role of Building Workers in Implementing Climate Objectives at the Workplace
(Alternate Routes, 2014)
There is a broad consensus among climate scientists and policy makers that reducing the GHG emissions and energy consumption of the built environment is critical to mitigating the impact of global warming. This means ...
ACW Baseline Report: Built Environment
(Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW), 2015)
This paper was presented at the Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW) International Workshop in Toronto, Canada, November 2015. The goals of the paper are: 1. To establish the current state of knowledge about the ...
Green Transitions in the Built Environment: Europe (Presentation)
(Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW), 2018-11)
Presentation by Linda Clarke, Melahat Sahin-Dikmen, and Colin Gleeson, ProBE (Centre for the Study of the Production of the Built Environment), University of Westminster, to the ACW All-Team Meetings in November 2018 at ...
Green Transitions in the Built Environment: Europe
(Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW), 2018)
The role of trade unions in the transition to low carbon construction: examples from Denmark, Germany, Italy and UK/Scotland. This report presents findings from an investigation into the role of trade unions in the transition ...
The BC Insulator Union’s Campaign to Promote Climate Literacy in Construction (Salamander Report): Documenting Its Efforts to "Green" The Industry's Culture
(Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW), 2019-06-13)
The role of the labour movement in contributing to Canada’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and energy use has not been the subject of scholarly attention in much of the climate change literature in recent ...
The BC Insulators: The Union as Climate Change Advocate
(Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW), 2016-11)
Presentation by John Calvert, Simon Fraser University, at ACW All Team Meeting Researcher’s Workshop.
Vancouver, November 2016
Promoting Climate Literacy in British Columbia’s Apprenticeship System
(Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW), 2017)
This research paper examines the efforts of the BC Insulators union to promote climate literacy within British Columbia via the a ‘Green Awareness’ course it provides as part of the apprenticeship training for all mechanical ...
What kind of expertise is needed for low energy construction?
(Construction Management and Economics, 2016)
The construction industry is responsible for 40% of European Union (EU) end-use emissions but addressing this is problematic, as evident from the performance gap between design intention and on-site energy performance. ...
The Training of Canadian Architects for the Challenges of Climate Change
(Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW), 2017)
Working paper #104. This study examines how Canadian architecture schools are training the next generation of architects in regard to climate change. This study looks at the training of architects in the eleven schools of ...
City Building (Glasgow): An Inspirational Model of Low Energy Social Housing and Public Building Production
(Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW), 2018)
The aim is to investigate trade union policies and engagement in initiatives in the area of sustainable construction. The research is comparative and identifies case studies illustrative of trade union involvement in four ...