Built Environment Hamilton

Not-for-profit dedicated to #decarbonization through building reuse. ♻️ "The greenest building is the one that's already standing." Formerly @StGilesFriends.

[Built Environment Hamilton @BuiltEnvHamOnt]

Hear, hear! Study after study shows what common sense also tells us: the greenest building is the one that's already standing 🌱

Adapting & reusing existing buildings is a key part of any #decarbonisation strategy ♻️

#HeritageIsClimateAction @nationaltrustca @arconserve #HamOnt

[National Trust for Canada @nationaltrustca]

Even a new building constructed to be 30% more efficient will take decades to offset their climate impact. Adapting existing buildings is the smarter, greener, option. #HeritageIsClimateAction

https://t.co/f4CfCD67vo

[Barton Village BIA @Barton_Village]

Congratulations @DrSarahSheehan! Thanks for your work with the Ghost Landscape activation in Woodlands Park!
#BartonVillage #HamOnt

[HAMILTON CITY Magazine @HamCityMagazine]

It's like a prayer! Hamilton’s church conversion game is heating up. #HamOnt https://t.co/hAStYhn3O5

[HAMILTON CITY Magazine @HamCityMagazine]

At HAMILTON CITY Magazine, we're proud to be part of and supportive of the 2SLGBTQ+ community. Happy Pride month to everyone! May we all stand tall, alongside our allies in June + every month of the year. Check out the new issue here: https://t.co/AsERt503Bn + on newsstands now!

[Built Environment Hamilton @BuiltEnvHamOnt]

As Goodluck writes, the approach to sustainability & reuse taken by the trust and the architects they've partnered with (worker-owned Uxo) includes animals & nature as stakeholders, and considers what it means to steward land considerately for them 💚🌳

https://t.co/cWq4fMHYOY

[Built Environment Hamilton @BuiltEnvHamOnt]

Riveting @dwell piece by @kalengoodluck on the Wiyot Tribe reassembling its ancestral territories & using a land trust for affordable housing

Central to the work: an ethos of "returning care and love to the area & its people" — and its buildings 💚

#stewardship #decarbonization

[Kalen Goodluck @kalengoodluck]

NEW: The Wiyot Tribe Is Getting Its Land Back and Making California More Affordable. “I think society has forgotten how to take care of its people," says Wiyot Chair Ted Hernandez. https://t.co/fSZUoVITsz

[Built Environment Hamilton @BuiltEnvHamOnt]

One goal: re-loving existing places & spaces through reuse 💚♻️

A major philosophy "is not cutting down or getting rid of green space to develop land when there's tons of properties right here... that need love" says Michelle Vassel, tribal administrator

https://t.co/cWq4fMHYOY

[Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic]

Significant architecture news: City of Toronto will now assess - and put limits on - embodied carbon in new buildings. Congrats to @urbanenergyplan and others for making this work, including @knelsond_78 https://t.co/uV4Sp9Gx2v

[ClimateHeritage @ClimateHeritage]

We're proud to announce the launch of the new #ClimateHeritage YouTube channel. Visit today to discover ideas, strategies & case studies from CHN member orgs around the world to inspire & accelerate your own culture-based climate action. 👇🏾
📽 Subscribe: https://t.co/stWxr5EiB7

[Built Environment Hamilton @BuiltEnvHamOnt]

"We're keeping the past, but moving into the future"

Missy Fraser is talking about one reuse project — St. Margaret Mary (closed 2019) — but this could easily be a motto for all community-based church reuse

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@CBCOttawa @CassandraY_L @syedsoharwardy
https://t.co/v8a0y7IXfR

[National Trust for Canada @nationaltrustca]

We’ve been arguing for adaptive reuse of buildings since long before our People Places Planet campaign began. Join us in revisiting an article by Natalie Bull, our executive director, on why our goal is “Landmarks, not landfills.” #HeritageIsClimateAction https://t.co/muJOHYAV2y

[Built Environment Hamilton @BuiltEnvHamOnt]

100% — trees are a critical part of our cities 🌳

And this goes beyond parks! Century trees like those at #HamOnt's St. Giles are essential to our urban green spaces

Building reuse & preserving our urban canopy are important steps to #decarbonization

#HeritageIsClimateAction

[Park People / Ami·es des parcs @Park_People]

Green spaces and trees aren't ammenities, they're essential infrastructure for cities. And we agree, we need more #parks! Thanks for amplifying this critical message @tvo and Marc Berman.
https://t.co/OxzfYRUzax

#trees #greenspace #health #neuroscience

[Linebox Studio @LineboxStudio]

Throwback to when we were invited to change God’s house. One thing you want to make sure of is that the spirit doesn’t leave. #StCharlesMarket #ChurchRepurposing #FaithInArchitecture https://t.co/4zLveqhrcP #architecture #ottawa

[Bay Area Climate Change Council - BACCC @BayArea_Climate]

The time to act on #climatechange is now. Learn how you can get involved and make a difference in your community through the BACCC Take Action Guide 👇

https://t.co/Mi7aXZ0Gua

#climateawarness #climateaction #climateactionnow #climatecrisis #climatejustice #NetZero

[Bay Observer @BayObserver]

Historic properties added to Gibson-Lansdale heritage inventory https://t.co/o4tQMgf65X #Hamont #BurlON #GibsonLansdale #HistoricProperties

[National Trust for Canada @nationaltrustca]

Will you join us in our campaign to help historic places do more to protect the planet, and be the greenest buildings they can be? We can’t do this alone... but we know you’re with us! Show your support by making a donation today. https://t.co/f4CfCD67vo

[National Trust for Canada @nationaltrustca]

The proposed move of the Ontario Science Centre:

🗑️ Is a wasteful use of resources
🏛️ Endangers an iconic heritage building
❌ Harms an underserved community

📢 Read more and speak up! We will be...

https://t.co/BzRkyC9paU

[Jay Pitter @Jay_Pitter]

Abandoning or demolishing existing infrastructure to build shiny new things is an unaddressed type of infrastructure inequity. This issue exists well beyond the Science Centre/Ontario Place debacle.

Here’s a short 🧵of common examples of this type of infrastructure inequity: