Issue 03, September 2026 (current)
RE:PLACE
Materials finding new stories. Ten interviews with the organizations and initiatives laying the foundation for a circular built environment, plus a special editorial from Circular Construction Canada.
Contents
Front
Theme Spreads
- Properties Management What a grade stamp certifies, and what happens to lumber that can’t have one
- Elbow Room Three measures of housing in Canada and abroad
Features
- Rethinking Construction: Embedding Circularity into Canada’s Housing and Infrastructure Boom A special editorial on what has to change as Canada builds By Paul Shorthouse, Managing Director, Circular Construction Canada
- Zero Energy & Emissions Buildings Learning Centre Training tomorrow’s circular leaders in the construction sector
- VEMA Deconstruction Reimagining end-of-life buildings as material banks
- The ReUse People of Canada Building a community-supported reuse ecosystem
- Zero Emissions Innovation Centre and Carbon Leadership Forum BC Accelerating circular principles and embodied carbon reduction in urban settings
- Light House Advancing regenerative built environments to nurture wellbeing
- CSA Group Transforming collective knowledge into circular built environment standards
- Legacy Plastic Recovering marine plastics for built environment applications
- PLAEX Building Systems A circular construction alternative with an interlocking design
- Nexii Revolutionizing commercial construction with a prefabricated panel system
- Mindful Collaborative Interweaving architecture with nature
Also in this issue
- Circular Economy Events: Connection, Collaboration, Impact Discover upcoming circular economy learning and networking opportunities
- Stories of Impact: Built Environment Circularity in Action Explore what’s possible for built environment circularity with these stories
- Circular Built Environment Resources for Purpose-Driven Organizations Build the foundations of a truly circular economy with these resources
Contributors
The people interviewed in this issue, and the team that made it.
Circular Construction Canada
Paul Shorthouse
Managing Director. Guest author of the special editorial
CSA Group
Dwayne Torrey
Director of Construction and Infrastructure Standards
Legacy Plastic
Chloé Dubois
Co-Founder and Executive Director, The Ocean Legacy Foundation
Light House
Gil Yaron
Managing Director of Circular Innovation
Mindful Collaborative
Geneviève Noël and T. Maginnis Cocivera
Co-Founders
Nexii
Audrey Pinkerton
Chief Executive Officer
PLAEX Building Systems
Dustin Bowers
Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Technology Officer
The ReUse People of Canada
Beverley Dondale
Board President
VEMA Deconstruction
Erick Serpas Ventura
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Zero Energy & Emissions Buildings Learning Centre
Melissa Hamer
Project Leader
Zero Emissions Innovation Centre / Carbon Leadership Forum BC
Stephanie Dalo
Program Manager
Editor-in-Chief
Hamish Khamisa
Editors
Libby Shabada
Michelle Baleka
Art Director
Elisabeth Choi
Project Manager
Alexandra Nikitina
Project Coordinator
Ken Yeung
Photo Editor
Sonia Lau
Publisher
Sparx Publishing Group Inc.
Thank you to our sponsors
This issue is made possible through the generous support of our sponsors, whose commitment to a more sustainable future helps accelerate Canada’s circular economy. Their partnership allows us to continue sharing the ideas, innovations, and stories that drive meaningful change across industries and communities. We are deeply grateful for their belief in this work and their role in moving Canada’s circular economy forward.
Issue 03, September 2026