GHGs

Input sought on quantifying life cycle GHGs

Canadian Property Management

Input sought on quantifying life cycle GHGs

ASHRAE and the International Code Council invite comments on the purpose, scope and methodologies of a proposed new standard for quantifying and documenting operational and embodied GHG emissions.
community

REMI Network

Unused Ontario school to become community hub

An fast-growing Ontario town will transform a former elementary school into a community centre for vulnerable residents, with a number of social services, including a
smart home tech

REMI Network

Only 1 in 5 Canadian households use smart home tech

In a new study about Canadian homeowners' attitudes towards sustainability, four in five respondents said that the issue of climate change is important to them and that they are concerned how it could affect future generations.
Quebec budget boosts climate action spending

Canadian Property Management

Quebec budget boosts climate action spending

The budget also includes $232.5 million over five years to help universities and colleges rent additional space and $43 million to underwrite an extra 1,600 subsidized units in private rental housing.
climate change fallout projected to be bleak

Canadian Property Management

Climate change fallout projected to be bleak

Canadian regions will experience climate change fallout differently, but a global consortium of scientists is warning residents everywhere that severe conditions and extreme events are going to be more frequent and intense.
SAIT partnership

CondoBusiness

Digging into the coming geothermal boom

While the relevance of geothermal has been percolating for years, the buzz is that more developers are starting to pay attention.
HFC prohibition dates

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Quebec’s HFC prohibition dates called untimely

Proposed revisions to Quebec's halocarbon regulation could sideline some commonly used refrigerants before alternatives with lower global warming potential can feasibly be in place.
Canadian researchers among 25 global Green Talents

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Retrofit fund draws on carbon pricing revenue

Grants of up to $250,000 are available to small business operators in New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan for energy-saving and emission-reducing building retrofit projects.
commercial buildings stuck at GHG status quo

Canadian Property Management

Commercial buildings stuck at GHG status quo

Canadian commercial buildings registered the same 40-megatonne output of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2016 as in 2005.
high-GWP anesthetic gases

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Little oversight of high-GWP anesthetic gases

Anesthetics commonly used in medical, dental and veterinary surgery have global warming potential ranging from 130 to 2,540 times greater than carbon dioxide, but are largely overlooked when greenhouse gas emissions are officially tallied.
smart buildings

Canadian Property Management

Alberta hits the trifecta for GHG emissions

Differing populations, economic drivers and sources of electricity generation are easily discernible in the provincial/territorial breakdown of GHG emissions statistics.

REMI Network

District energy lowers GHG output in Sweden

Sweden's approach to greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction has been deemed a fitting, albeit challenging, example for Canada to emulate.