Federal building emissions-reduction effort hit COVID snag: report

A geo-exchange field is being installed under the Parliament Welcome Centre as part of PSPC’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions in the Parliamentary Precinct, drilling for which begins this month.

The Centre Block building and the Centennial Flame on Parliament Hill on Jan. 17. Public Services and Procurement Canada is working to reduce the precinct's GHG emissions by 95 per cent below 2005-06 levels by 2040. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

February 8, 2023

The federal government is generally on track in its bid to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across its portfolio of buildings, but a recent departmental report suggests COVID presented a small setback, with new ventilation standards causing emissions to go the wrong way in 20...

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