Tools For Measuring Embodied Carbon Now Available in Resource Library

The Tools for Measuring Embodied Carbon resource from CLF is now available in the resource library. Check it out, and discover the tools that could shape your sustainable projects going forward!

Sustained Investment: The Art of Making Sustainable Make Sense

Sustainable building is the future. Money shouldn’t be the barrier to that better world.

Canada’s Home Electrification Toolkit

Are you looking to cut carbon emissions in your own home? Is electrification on your mind? Look no further than the BDA’s Home Electrification Toolkit, now available in the Frameworks resource library.

Become a Frameworks Foundational Member

The building sector in Southwestern Ontario is evolving and Frameworks is supporting the transition. Position your organization as an industry leader. Help shape the future of our local construction industry and gain exclusive networking access.

For the Sector, By the Sector

FRAMEWORKS is an industry-led initiative guided by a cross-disciplinary inaugural Executive Advisory Committee members.

A building Innovation Exchange

Frameworks is an industry-guided initiative developed by Sustainable Waterloo Region in partnership with the Grand Valley Construction Association, designed to support professionals and organizations across the building sector in the transition toward efficient, smart, and healthy buildings

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Latest Updates

Newsletter – May 2026, (May)be it’s Summer Already

May 22, 2026

May's Frameworks newsletter features three exciting upcoming events: two building tours, and one exciting new FRESH webinar. We also added a new section to the newsletter, where you can check out...

Newsletter – April 2026, Sunshine in April

May 11, 2026

This April's newsletter features exciting program updates and events from across the industry. April is one of SWR's busiest months of the year, so unsurprisingly, we here at Frameworks had...

Newsletter – March 2026, Marching into Spring

March 19, 2026

In the March newsletter we recap exciting events from the past month and look forward to a busy event-filled spring. As always, we welcome participation, engagement and collaboration from all...

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Resources

Explore curated resources to help shape a more efficient, smarter, and healthier built environment.