San Francisco and Vancouver are two of the world’s most beautiful and liveable cities, diverse in nature, demographics, and potential. But a great city doesn’t happen by accident. It happens by design.
On the Siemens Global website you will find the ranking for the US and Canada Green City Index. They assessed the environmental performance of 27 major US and Canadian cities. Here is a look at the top two, San Francisco and Vancouver.[...]

Here is a summary our of sustainable development performance in 2011 for the Boisbriand site. This data was taken from the Philips Lumec’s 2011 sustainable development report, which was prepared by the Green Committee and given to Philips Lumec’s management earlier this year.[...]

Thus, in terms of energy consumption, it is interesting to note that Canada finds itself in sixth place behind Ireland, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States and Finland. Canada has reduced its energy consumption by 34% since 1971. The vast geography and its four seasons are the main reasons why Canada remains a major energy consumption country. The report also states that Canada should encourage economic activity that is not at the expense of increased energy consumption. [...]