We have built a nature-likeness score for every 10 m pixel across Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands and the Sunshine Coast. About 48,000 km2 of land and inland water, for the year 2024, on a 0 to 1 scale. High means the pixel looks like intact forest, wetland or open water. Low means it looks like the built environment. The sea is masked out. The map below is the finished layer, so pan around it before reading on. You can also view it here, full screen. map It is built on Google Satellite...

The online dashboard shows rooftop HVAC units across Moncton ReCover Initiative identified a practical data gap that started this work: There is no simple, city-scale inventory of rooftop HVAC units on large buildings in Canada. This matters because rooftop HVAC units (also referred to as RTUs) are part of the building energy and emissions picture, but they are not easy to count. A full inventory of RTUs traditionally means manual review, site visits, or relying on incomplete records. Without...