Programs & Initiatives
building it green
about the project
In 2021, Canada’s Building Trades Unions (CBTU) launched a 4½ year-long national project that integrates climate literacy into the unionized skilled construction trades education and training system. Funded by Employment and Social Development Canada’s (ESDC) Union Training and Innovation Program (UTIP), Building It Green is available through over 200 union training centres across Canada, and shared with our union signatory contractors and employers.
project partners
building it green
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research, Resources, & reports
Constructed with evidence
Building It Green’s curriculum was informed by industry leading research and analysis by our partners at the Climate Industry Research Team (CIRT). You can explore the research that contributed to our curriculum development below, as well as our reports on the project.
Interim Report
About Building It Green
Webinar Launch
Tradespeople & Sustainability
CIRT REPORTS
Supporting Studies
Insights On Climate Literacy in the Trades
Definition of Climate Literacy
Climate Literacy Materials in the Trades
Approach to Determining Curriculum Content
Approaches to Climate Literacy
New Brunswick Mechanical Insulation Study
Climate Change References in Red Seal Standards
Role of Construction Trades in Meeting Climate Challenge
advisory committee
Built by tradespeople
Building It Green was built by tradespeople, for tradespeople. Our advisory committee represents the full breadth of the skilled trades in Canada, and helped ensure our program met the training needs for every apprentice and journeyworker.
Our advisors
Krista Kelly-Cox
Training Director
BAC Education and Training Fund
Adam Melnick
Director of Canadian Affairs
Heat & Frost Insulators & Allied Workers
Walter MacDonald
Director of Apprenticeship and Training
International Union of Painters and Allied Trades
Lorna Harnum
International Representative
International Union of Operating Engineers
Jeffrey Norris
Canadian Safety Coordinator
International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental, and Reinforcing Iron Workers
John Mandarino
Executive Director
LiUNA Canadian Tri-Fund
Chris Swick
Executive Director
National Electrical Council
Ronald Adamson
Training Coordinator and Instructor
Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons Local 1919
Jud Martell
Training Coordinator
Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers
Mike Gordon
Canadian Director of Training
United Association Canada
