Carbon Neutral In 9 Minutes Or Less
Q: What steps are you taking to ensure the future of our planet? A: Encourage alternative, convenient options to travel to and from work. Based on a study by Environment Canada, transportation contributes to 27% of Canada’s overall greenhouse gas emissions. By relocating offices, Quartek Group is quadrupling the number of people in walking distance … Continued
Read MoreAiding and Abating: Dealing With Asbestos
Preparation The acoustic texture finish in the ground floor of our future office ceiling space has been identified as containing asbestos. Asbestos abatement process has started with the installation of wall and floor covering (orange polyethylene sheeting) as appropriate to catch debris.
Read MoreFrom Kool-Aid To Kiddo: What Architects Do?
Our Robert MacKenzie will be featured in the next installment of Kiddo Magazine. Kiddo is a children’s magazine written in English and Spanish, recently featured in a St. Catharines Standard article spotlighting it’s creator, Zulima Wesso. Zulima is a former Quartek Group employee before deciding to devote more time to Kiddo.
Read MoreWalking “The Walk”: Quartek’s Carbon Footprint
In 2011, Quartek joined the Niagara Sustainabilty Initiative (NSI) as a Monitoring Partner to help us practice what we preach and start walking “the walk”. We started with the following modest projects: Implementation of a plastics, metal, glass and paper recycling program in all staff offices to increase Quartek’s diversion rate (amount of waste going … Continued
Read MoreRemove Barriers
Quartek Group will occupy the first and second floor of the old Royal Bank Building; combining various offices currently scattered throughout the Niagara Region into one.
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