The Earth Rangers Centre was host to a special event for our partners, Cisco and Schneider Electric, on Thursday, March 20, 2014. At the event, Collaboration for a Sustainable Future, Cisco and Schneider Electric announced their Canadian partnership that will create new opportunities

The Earth Rangers Centre features many green building technologies – some save energy, some reduce our impact on water resources and some reduce the facility’s impact on the surrounding habitat. Few green building strategies provide benefits across all of these categories, with the ex

As a highly efficient green building, the Earth Rangers Centre (ERC), located on the grounds of the Kortright Conservation area, is committed to integrating our sustainability mindset into the adjacent habitat. When we first began to look at the habitat surrounding Earth Rangers almos

Have you ever stood next to an old window in the winter?  Or felt a draft from a door in your house? If so, you’re not alone – whether at home or work. It’s common sense that a building’s envelope plays a major part in the energy use and thermal comfort of the building. Fortunately, t

The Earth Rangers Centre has been recognized by CivicAction with a Race to Reduce Building Performance award for demonstrating superior energy performance in 2012. The ERC was awarded the Building Performance – Lowest Energy Use award for a building under 250,000 sq. ft. with an

The Earth Rangers Centre is a testament to our commitment to the environment. Known for innovative technologies that target energy and water efficiency, the ERC is a building with many moving parts, sensors and sub-systems that need to be maintained and repaired. In a previous post, w

Earth Rangers has worked really hard to make the Earth Rangers Centre highly energy and water efficient and to integrate its footprint into the surrounding grounds. So, imagine our chagrin when we found out 2 ½ years ago that 90% of the plant species found around our environmentally,

The Earth Rangers Centre is headquarters to Earth Rangers, the kids’ conservation organization, dedicated to educating children and families and biodiversity and inspiring them to become directly involved in protecting animals and their habitats. In a recent post, A Building that Take