Building Envelope

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Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Protecting your building through the winter

The outside of your building takes a beating in the winter, from the strong winds to the freeze-thaw cycle and ice accumulation. Many times, outdoor
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Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Keeping your building air and watertight for the winter

Winter brings extreme weather, cold temperatures, and a freeze-thaw cycle that can negatively affect your building, its occupants, and your workflow, so keeping your facility
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Canadian Apartment Magazine

The 6 Principles of Sustainable Building Envelope Design

Sustainable building envelope design offers long-lasting environmental benefits while improving occupant comfort. Here are six principles all designers and building operators should adhere to.
Pretium Engineering

REMI Network

Getting Ahead of Property Repairs

When it comes to condo maintenance, planning ahead can pay off. Detecting and addressing minor issues on a building's exterior or mechanical systems is a proven way of significantly reducing the cost of future repairs and avoiding resident inconveniences.
air leakage

REMI Network

Minto pilots high-rise air leakage testing

Minto is now the first developer in Ontario to complete a baseline measurement for high-rise air leakage.
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Canadian Facility Management & Design

Making data-driven decisions to cut energy losses

Retrofits to remedy energy losses through the building envelope are sometimes based on assumptions and uncertainty.

Canadian Property Management

The 5-Step Restoration Process

Andrea Mucciarone of RJC Engineers discusses the building façade restoration process, from spotting early signs of failure through to project completion.
RJC building condition assessments

Canadian Property Management

Building Envelope Condition Assessments

Whether it’s new or old, large or small, commercial or residential, all buildings benefit from Building Envelope Condition Assessments.

REMI Network

Sealing building envelopes in new condos

Creating an envelope in a residential tower where balconies, windows and exterior walls come together in multiple layers is challenging and increases the likelihood that thermal bridges will form.
condensation

CondoBusiness

Addressing Condensation in Condo Properties

While winter can bring all manner of property maintenance issues, few can cause as many headaches (or large repair bills) as unchecked condensation.
AIBC building envelopes

Design Quarterly

Combustible materials in building envelopes

The AIBC Building Envelope Committee highlights some of the duties and responsibilities of architects in the design of the building envelope.
RCACI

Canadian Property Management

A New Approach to Roofing

RCACI is comprised of a trusted equity partners that own and operate roofing and building envelope construction companies across the country.
zero emissions

Canadian Property Management

Inside the Zero Carbon Building Standard

The CaGBC is working to spearhead the next evolution of green building with the launch of its Zero Carbon Building Standard.

REMI Network

UL acquires CLEB, Canadian building envelope services provider

UL has acquired CLEB, a Montreal-based company that provides building envelope and building science services.
Wall-Tech Restoration

REMI Network

Wall-Tech Restoration appoints new president

Wall-Tech Restoration, an Ontario-based building envelope restoration services provider has appoint Edward Welch as president and general manager.

CondoBusiness

Replacing a building’s exterior sealants

Replacing exterior sealants often gets delayed in favour of more pressing projects, but is critical to maintaining a healthy building envelope.
Birds on wire

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Markham adopts bird-friendly building rules

The City of Markam has joined a growing list of municipalities that have adopted bird-friendly building guidelines for new construction.