CLF Toronto is proud to bring deeper insights into three of our 2024 Ontario Embodied Carbon Award Winning Projects:

New Construction: Small Buildings 2024 Award Winner: Rotary Health Centre at Camp Kawartha

Located in the Kawarthas, on Clear Lake, Camp Kawartha is a Children’s Camp celebrating its 100th year! The Health Centre, designed by Straworks, is approximately 2,500 sqft and has an embodied carbon intensity of 135 kgCO2e/m2 (if you include the biogenic benefits, this goes down to only 32 kgCO2e/m2!). The project was built in the middle of COVID and features next-generation bio-based material and systems solutions including straw bale walls, supplementary cementitious materials (SCM) content in their concrete, slabless slabs, earthen floors, cellulose insulation, rubble trench foundations, recycled glass below-grade insulation, hemp insulation and foam-free products.

Innovation in Industry 2024 Award Winner: SEED Building Systems 

The SEED (Sustainable, Ecological, Efficient, Durable) Building Systems are Passive House quality panels…