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Proposed Changes to Sewage Systems (and Energy Efficiency) for the Next Edition of Ontario’s Building Code

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I strongly urge you to include the CSA A460:19 Bird-friendly building design standard as a mandatory part of the Ontario Building Code. This CSA standard is a made-in-Ontario document that would effectively require bird friendly design in all new building construction across the province. Read more

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Proposed Changes to Sewage Systems (and Energy Efficiency) for the Next Edition of Ontario’s Building Code

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Despite the availability of proven, affordable techniques to reduce bird collisions with buildings and a bird-friendly building design standard, there are no provisions in the Building Code to require they are used. Read more

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Proposed Changes to Sewage Systems (and Energy Efficiency) for the Next Edition of Ontario’s Building Code

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Protect our birds and let's continue to push for more environmentally friendly and more wildlife friendly building designs and infrastructure. Please make it known that the citizens of Canada want to protect and care for the animals we share our borders with. Read more

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Proposed Changes to Sewage Systems (and Energy Efficiency) for the Next Edition of Ontario’s Building Code

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Please seriously consider provisions that would reduce bird collisions with buildings, based on the Canadian Standards Association A460:19 Bird-friendly building design standard. Read more

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Proposed Changes to Sewage Systems (and Energy Efficiency) for the Next Edition of Ontario’s Building Code

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As a citizen of Ontario concerned with protecting our wildlife and biodiversity, I urge you to include provisions that would reduce bird collisions with buildings, based on the Canadian Standards Association A460:19 Bird-friendly building design standard. Read more

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Proposed Changes to Sewage Systems (and Energy Efficiency) for the Next Edition of Ontario’s Building Code

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75709

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The next edition of a Ontario’s building code is incredibly dangerous for our environment and the wildlife that calls it home. This is simply unacceptable. While I want Ontario’s housing situation to improve, putting our wildlife and the environment in jeopardy is not how I want it to be done. Read more

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Proposed Changes to Sewage Systems (and Energy Efficiency) for the Next Edition of Ontario’s Building Code

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Allow municipal governments to enforce bird friendly building design guidelines to new building constructions. Window collisions kill 16-24 million birds in Canada per year, where a large portion occurs in the GTA in Ontario. Read more

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Proposed Changes to Sewage Systems (and Energy Efficiency) for the Next Edition of Ontario’s Building Code

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December 4, 2022 Building and Development Branch Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing 777 Bay Street Toronto, ON M5G 2E5 Dear Building and Development Branch, Re: Proposed Changes for the Next Edition of Ontario’s Building Code (ERO #019-6211) Read more

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Proposed Changes to Sewage Systems (and Energy Efficiency) for the Next Edition of Ontario’s Building Code

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It is estimated that every year, about 25 million birds are killed by colliding with windows in Canada.1 FLAP Canada has documented birds from 173 species – including 24 species at risk – colliding with buildings in the Greater Toronto Area alone, yet the risk to birds extends throughout the Provinc Read more

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Proposed Changes to Sewage Systems (and Energy Efficiency) for the Next Edition of Ontario’s Building Code

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As a resident of a larger city in the province, I would like to implore you to please consider bird-friendly building design in Ontario’s building codes. It is a small but necessary step in staving off the collapse of many avian populations.

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