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 Welcome to the Alberta Construction Magazine online.
Wind farms. Ethanol and biodiesel facilities. Even a waste-to-energy plant.
Alberta may be oil country, but the more than $5 billion in alternative energy construction projects that are underway or planned is proof that not everyone is looking at fossil fuels for tomorrow’s energy needs. It also illustrates the importance the environment carries in business today.
You can get details about what’s going on in “Green power.”
It isn’t difficult to find examples of what the construction industry is doing to meet the environmental challenges of the 21st century. Tricia Radison found a great one in downtown Calgary, where an old historic hotel was dismantled to be used later in what promises to be that city’s most-visible construction project. Make sure you check out “The ultimate in recycling.”
Here at Alberta Construction Magazine, we’re doing our part to minimize our environmental footprint as well. Our annual Green Issue is printed on paper approved by the Forest Stewardship Council. The council is recognized internationally as the leading environmental certification standard for paper. Vendors must comply with a set of strict environmental and social standards. Trees to make the paper have to come from forests that are managed to protect the environment, including the wildlife living there.
In our continuing efforts to keep content fresh, we’ve added another feature called “Take 5” to the bimonthly lineup. “Take 5” is a quick conversation—five questions—with someone in Alberta’s construction industry.
And speaking of those in the industry, we’re in the process of compiling our annual Movers & Shakers list for the next issue. We want to feature those visionaries, entrepreneurs, and savvy professionals who stand out in their fields and communities. Nominees will be judged based on a range of criteria, including professional achievements, experience, leadership, and industry and community involvement. While the nominee’s company may be based outside Alberta, the person should be working here.
You can nominate a Mover & Shaker by sending a short note, email, or fax to:
Chaz Osburn, Editor
Alberta Construction Magazine
6111–91 St. NW
Edmonton, AB T6E 6V6
Email: cosburn@junewarren.com
Fax: (780) 944–9500 or (800) 563–2946
Please include the nominee’s job title and company as well as a telephone number. You may submit more than one nomination. The deadline is June 2.
Chaz Osburn
cosburn@junewarren.com
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May 2008
| The ultimate in recycling
Reusing old buildings and construction materials in new structures preserves our culture—and our environment | Consumption drives the North American economy and for a long time that's meant throwing out the old to make way for the new. But that's changing in the construction industry.
Developers, de ...
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| May 2008
| Glow-in-the-dark concrete
Sure it’s novel, but it can have a serious side too | With a recent innovation in concrete, "green" takes on a whole new meaning. This concrete is green because it is solar-powered. It's also green because that's literally the colour of the glow-in-the-d ...
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| May 2008
| Green power
Alternative sources of energy are becoming big business in the province | Say Alberta and energy in the same sentence and what springs to mind? Yes, Alberta oil. But the winds of change are brewing, ushering in alternative forms of energy production that are environmentally ...
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