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Basements and underground parking: In mid- and high-rise buildings, underground parking can account for 20 to 50 per cent of the project’s embodied carbon, due to the extra concrete and other materials required. The City of Toronto has dropped its requirement for developers to provide a minimum number of parking spaces with each project, but most other Ontario municipalities still insist on it. Read More

Cutaway digital illustration numbered 4, showing the interior of a section of the ground floor of a building, with people milling about, and two underground parking levels, occupied by cars

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