1.0constructconnect.comDaily Commercial News/%site_branch%/author/edwardbayleyrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="0QMiqo0HLP"><a href="/canadata/forecaster/economic/2023/10/ottawas-emission-reduction-plan-has-costly-implications-for-new-homes">Ottawa’s Emission Reduction Plan Has Costly Implications for New Homes</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/canadata/forecaster/economic/2023/10/ottawas-emission-reduction-plan-has-costly-implications-for-new-homes/embed#?secret=0QMiqo0HLP" width="600" height="338" title="“Ottawa’s Emission Reduction Plan Has Costly Implications for New Homes” — constructconnect.com" data-secret="0QMiqo0HLP" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!o){o=!0;for(var e,t,r,a=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),i=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),s=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<s.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=s[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(a||i)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2021/12/US-Housing-Starts-Header-Graphic-DCN-2.jpg1024576In March, 2022, Prime Minister Trudeau announced the country’s 2030 Emission Reduction Plan (ERP).The purpose of this plan is to enhance the energy efficiency of new and existing residential and commercial buildings by toughening building codes so as to force property owners and contractors to make all new buildings ‘net zero’ by 2050. Toward this […]