The Canadian Sheet Steel Building Institute (CSSBI) Canada’s foremost authority on sheet steel building products, has recently joined forces with the University of Waterloo, School of Architecture and the Department of Civil Engineering, to lead the way towards a Carbon Neutral Steel Building System (CN-SBS).

Statistics show that the built up environment, including commercial/industrial buildings and homes, collectively represents one of the single largest sources of greenhouse gases in North America. While builders are achieving greener, more sustainable designs and pursuing certification programs, the efforts are not enough. The CSSBI and the University of Waterloo have created a Carbon Neutral Steel Building System (CN-SBS) Project Team to explore the aspects of design and construction required to achieve carbon neutrality.

The CN-SBS project is an ongoing endeavor that will carry through into 2010. A website dedicated to this project has been launched that will host all of the project’s information as it progresses. More project details and updates will be posted to this site as they become available, until the final results are released. This is a website you will want to visit often to see what progress is being made.

Click here to go to the project website.