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Furthermore, technological advancements have had a profound
impact on Ontario’s built environment. The integration of smart
technologies and the internet of things (IoT) has revolutionized
the way infrastructure is managed and operated.
While we have experienced exponential growth in how we
design and build our environment, we have also come up against
precedent-setting challenges, including:
climate change, global and domestic political con昀氀icts, and
昀椀nancial crises. And now, capping all of this off with a global
pandemic that has not been experienced in generations.
The design and construction industry is one of the largest and
most lucrative in the world, but it is also one of the oldest and
slowest to evolve. In regards to sustainability practices, the
industry is still far from prioritizing environmental stewardship
or people-centric designs.
Thanks to certi昀椀cation programs in North America like LEED,
BOMA Best, Energy Star, WELL, and others, the “green building
movement” surged in popularity in the mid-2000s. But with the
size and scale of the design and construction industry, we still
have a long way to go before green buildings and sustainable
communities can be considered mainstream. According to a
report by Dodge Data & Analytics, which surveyed construction
professionals in 86 countries, the global percentage of new
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