Purdy’s Wharf in Halifax is the first commercial property in Atlantic Canada to earn LEED EB certification. The three-building, 694,000 square foot waterfront complex received

There are now 2000 LEED certified projects in Canada, according to the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC). CaGBC says it reached this momentous amount towards

Artis Real Estate Investment Trust has received LEED certification at seven of its office properties across Canada and one in the United States. Four properties

Real estate is positioned prominently among industries likely to benefit from the Bank of Canada’s interest rate cut announced with today’s release of the quarterly

Statistics Canada will soon collect data for the Survey of Commercial and Institutional Energy Use 2015 on behalf of Natural Resources Canada (NRC). The national

The Millennium Building in Washington, D.C. has finished installing a solar photovoltaic (PV) system, a first of its kind in a large, commercial, class-A office

Manitoba has announced plans for a major Pembina Valley Provincial Park expansion using recently acquired private lands. “With only one per cent of Manitoba’s protected

Place Ville Marie and the World Trade Centre Montréal, two properties owned by Ivanhoe Cambridge, have both earned LEED Silver certification. Claude Sirois, co-chief operating officer and executive

Elementary to secondary schools across the country looking to earn recognition for sustainable initiatives are eligible to enter the 2015 Greenest School in Canada competition.

Canada has introduced new national standards in an effort to help mitigate the damaging effects of climate change on northern infrastructure. The Standards Council of

The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) has introduced changes to its 2015-2019 Standards and Rules to improve sustainable forest management and better decision-making within the industry.

More than 200 updates and revisions have been added to the recently released 2015 Canadian Electrical Code (CE Code), Part 1, which covers installation and

BOMA Toronto has announced key leadership appointments for 2015, positioning two women with notable real estate industry experience to lead Canada’s largest BOMA local association

Towards the end of 2014, the 113th U.S. Congress scurried to act on various bills that will impact energy efficiency; however, according to The American Council

As part of a legal settlement, Safeway Inc. has agreed to pay nearly $10 million in penalties for illegally disposing hazardous waste in local California

The Manitoba government plans to invest almost $12 million to upgrade and replace water supply and disposal services to improve waste-water systems in rural communities.

Construction of the $8.7 billion Site C Dam in B.C. will begin in summer 2015 and will provide approximately 10,000 direct construction jobs. In making