Podium’s GEOpark, Recognized as Kingston’s First Zero-Carbon Designed Residential Building, Honoured With National Green Building Award.

Podium’s GEOpark, Recognized as Kingston’s First Zero-Carbon Designed Residential Building, Honoured With National Green Building Award.

Podium, alongside its institutional partners – Vestcor, OPTrust, Secure Capital, and Blue Vista Capital Management, LLC – is pleased to announce that its recently completed residential development, GEOpark, has been awarded the 2026 Canada Green Building Council’s (CAGBC) Inspiring Home Award.

This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260702091539/en/ Exterior view of GEOpark at 485 Albert Street in Kingston, Ontario. The sustainable student housing development was recently named the sole recipient of the 2026 CAGBC Inspiring Home Award.

Located at 485 Albert Street in Kingston, Ontario, GEOpark represents a significant milestone as the city’s first CAGBC Zero-Carbon Designed residential building. As the sole recipient of the 2026 Inspiring Home Award, the project is recognized for outstanding achievement in sustainable Canadian residential design, energy efficiency, and occupant wellness.

The national award was officially presented in June at the CAGBC Building Lasting Change Conference Awards Gala. The annual event recognizes Canada’s most energy-efficient, high-impact built environments, alongside the collaborative teams driving sustainable innovation within the Canadian real estate sector. The award was accepted on-stage by project team members Kevin Stelzer and Kevin Pu (ENFORM Architects), Julia Easto (Lemay), and development project lead Christian Petersen (Podium).