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Experts offer a ‘toolbox’ to protect lives and...
Under One Umbrella: Practical Approaches for Reducing Flood Risks in Canada highlights a range of standards and guidance on flood risk reduction Extreme weather events including floods are becoming more common. Every year...
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Using Climate Information in Standards Development
Technical Companion to the Guide for Integrating Climate Change Adaptation Considerations into Canadian StandardsTechnical Companion to the Guide for Integrating Climate Change Adaptation Considerations into Canadian...
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Future by design: standards for a climate resilient...
Final Report of the 2016-2021 Standards to Support Resilience in Infrastructure Program Our buildings and infrastructure are designed with weather in mind. We expect our homes to protect us from heavy snow, our stormwater...
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Guide for Integrating Climate Change Adaptation...
The long-term impacts of climate change are expected to intensify in the future. With Canada’s average temperature warming at twice the global rate, recognizing impacts like the increasing occurrence of extreme weather...
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New National Standards to reduce the risks of...
With extreme weather on the rise, flooding is now the fastest-growing source of disaster-related costs in Canada; in eleven of the twelve years leading up to 2020, property and casualty insurance payouts have exceeded $1...
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Low Carbon Climate Resilient HCF Design
Canada’s health care infrastructure faces challenges, relating to aging facilities, availability of capital investment, increased demand for services, and the need to adopt digital and innovative technologies. These...
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Increasing High Wind Safety for Canadian Homes...
This report provides the basis for the development of a set of commonly acceptable, relatively straightforward wind risk reduction measures that can be incorporated into new single-family home construction and significant...
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Circular solutions for a changing world: Q&A ...
Environmental sustainability and the circular economy are closely connected ideas. Their main goal is to ensure we don't exhaust our resources or continue to harm the planet excessively. The two work together to find smart...
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Bridging innovation and trust: SCC's blueprint...
Joint statement by SCC’s Chantal Guay, CEO and Elias Rafoul, VP Accreditation Services for World Accreditation Day 2024. As we celebrate World Accreditation Day 2024 with the theme ‘Accreditation: Empowering Tomorrow and...
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Standards in Action: Building a Climate Resilient...
Since 2016, SCC’s Standards to Support Resilience in Infrastructure Program has led the development of dozens of standards and related guidance to safeguard critical infrastructure in Canada. SCC held a national consultation...
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Load-based, Climate-specific Testing & Rating...
C700 will be a load-based and climate-specific testing and rating procedure for heat pumps and air conditioners. C700 will be a standard that better represent installed performance of variable capacity heat pumps (VCHPs) used...
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(Infographic) CSA W210:21, Prioritization of ...
Infographic - CSA W210:21, Prioritization of flood risk in existing communities