Window wall industry news
Impact of Ontario's Bill 135 as it nears final passage
Ontario's Bill 135 proposes to amend the Green Energy Act, 2009 to impose energy and water usage reporting on certain buildings. While Bill 135 has not yet received Royal Assent, the Ministry of Energy has been working on relevant regulations since early 2015....
Recent Toronto Star Editorial Letter re Falling Glass is Misleading
A recent editorial letter in the Toronto Star about Falling Glass is not only misleading about Ontario Building Code requirements, it does not identify useful measures to prevent such incidents in the future. ...
Consumers Council of Canada Report on Urban Intensification and Condominiums
A 2016 report by the Consumers Council of Canada on Residential Intensification and impacts on Consumers, contains 19 specific recommendations to various stakeholders including the CNWWA....
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High Rise Housing Starts Slowed in December 2015
While starts fell in certain markets, many economists remain optimistic about 2016...
CNWWA Continues Work with Rescon
Rescon is a unified body representing the (Toronto Residential Construction Labour Bureau, Metropolitan Toronto Apartment Builders Association, and the Durham Residential Construction Labour Bureau) under one brand....
New Ontario Condominium Owner Protection Law Receives Royal Assent
Ontario Bill 106. the Protecting Condominium Owners Protection Act, 2015 received Royal Assent from the Ontario Legislature on December 3, 2015...
Glazing Units that Will Generate Electrical Energy
Researchers at a US University are working on a prototype transparent “smart solar window” to harvest solar energy on condo towers. Such windows could offset up to 30 per cent of a building’s air-conditioning energy needs....
