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10 – Winter 2017 — The Canadian Design and Construction Report




CaGBC seeks Canada’s Green
Building Product of the Year
Canadian Design and Construction Report
staff writer
The Canada Green Building Council
(CaGBC) has opened the 2017 CaGBC
Green Building Product of the Year
Award competition.

CaGBC initiated the competition in
2015 to encourage Canadian compa-
nies to develop sustainable building
products and materials to better sup-
port the green building industry.

Product submissions are assessed
based on four key areas: sustainabil-
ity, transparency and verification, inno-
vation, and application.

Full criteria can be found by visiting
the award webpage. Entrants to
the competition must be a national
CaGBC member to apply, and the
product must be manufactured or de-
signed in Canada to be eligible (ser-
vices and software are not eligible). A
jury of experts from across Canada
will decide on this year’s winner. The
submission deadline is Feb. 3.

The top three entrants will be
asked to provide a short video about
their product that will be shown to del-
egates at Building Lasting Change
2017, CaGBC’s National Conference
and Showcase, May 30 to June 1 at
the Vancouver Convention Centre. The
winner will be presented with the
award at the Leadership Awards Gala
in Vancouver on May 31.

The winner also gains the right to
use the CaGBC Product of the Year
crest on its marketing materials and
product website. This crest is only
available to one winning project each
year, making it an exclusive signifier of
a truly green product.

“This is our third year recognizing a
Green Building Product of the Year,
and we expect to see an increasing
number of submissions as the de-
mand for sustainable building prod-
ucts grows in Canada,” says CaGBC
president and CEO Thomas Mueller.

“This award ties into our overall mis-
sion of encouraging innovation and
getting products with reduced envi-
ronmental and carbon footprints no-
ticed in the market.”
Last year’s winner LightZone™
Glass Inc. says winning the 2016
Award was invaluable to its product
and brand.

“Winning the Canada Green Build-
ing Council’s 2016 Product of the Year
Award was pivotal to the successful
market introduction of LiteZone insu-
lating glass,” says LiteZone president
Greg Clarahan. “This prestigious
award shone a light on LiteZone for
everyone to see who cares about en-
ergy efficiency. LiteZone achieves
ultra high insulating values and ex-
treme longevity that can significantly
contribute to a more sustainable fu-
ture. We can attest that this annual
award by CaGBC propels the adoption
of new technologies important to
achieving greener buildings. We are
very grateful to have been bestowed
this benefit and are proud that Lite-
Zone will always be an ‘Award Win-
ning’ technology.”
Potential applicants can view the
submission process and more about
the award by visiting the Product of
the Year webpage, or by beginning the
application process here.

The Canadian Design and Construction Report — Winter 2017 – 11