Green Seal has revised version its standard for commercial and institutional cleaning services, GS-42, to clarify and streamline certification.

The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) has certified as LEED Gold Toronto’s Forensics Services and Coroners Complex, Carillion Canada announced May 15.

The term, engineer, is often applied laxly, but only licensed professionals are legally entitled to that status.

New ASHRAE standard addresses heat gains and cooling needs from the ever-expanding array of office equipment found in commercial buildings.

The Ontario government officially opened the doors to the new Provincial Emergency Operations Centre on May 4.

A new scholarship honouring the memory of Robert Ledingham will support interior designers and educators in their pursuit of higher education.

The newly announced Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program earmarks $150 million for renovation and expansion projects to be completed by the end of 2017, the 150th anniversary of Confederation.

Construction has begun on a new ErinoakKids children’s treatment centre in Mississauga, which will offer an array of services for kids with special needs.

Regina is celebrating the construction of a $42.2 million integrated community facility to be named in honour of the Cree word Mâmawêyatitân.

A $6-million renovation project has begun at Dartmouth General Hospital in Dartmouth, N.S. Upgrades include wheelchair-accessible patient rooms and bathrooms, new healthcare worker hand-washing sinks in hallways, utility rooms for the cleaning and sterilization of medical equipment, new team stations for staff members, and plumbing and electrical upgrades for a future fifth floor expansion.

Civeo Corporation (Civeo), a company specializing in long-term and temporary workforce accommodations, catering, facility management, water systems and logistics services, has won four new facility management contracts in Alberta and British Columbia. The contracts include oil sands mine, natural gas production and gold mine projects.

Aitken Place Park, a new 3,000-square-metre park planned for the Toronto waterfront, will be designed by landscape architecture firms Thomas Balsey Associates and Scott Torrance Landscape Architect Inc. The companies, based out of New York and Toronto respectively, were selected to collaborate on the project by Waterfront Toronto.

The Ontario government has accepted the advice of the Premier’s Advisory Council on Government Assets and will continue to operate a state-of-the-art Grid Control Centre in Barrie, Ont. The facility, which operates 97 per cent of the transmission grid in Ontario and the power distribution assets of Hydro One, is part of a transmission system that includes enough transmission and distribution lines to circle the earth three times.

The Emily Carr University of Art and Design is embarking on the development of a new $122.65-million campus to better accommodate increased student demand and program growth. The new campus, which will provide modern facilities for 1,800 visual arts, media arts and design students, will be located on an 18-acre site, known as Great Northern Way, on the False Creek Flats in Vancouver, B.C.

In what has been described by the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) as the largest hospital move ever made in Canada, 154 inpatients, including 139 adults and 15 babies, were recently moved from the Royal Victoria Hospital to the university’s new Glen site. The five-and-a-half hour move was a key redevelopment operation of MUHC 2015.

For the third year in a row, the Memorial Hermann Health System (Memorial Hermann) has been selected by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as the recipient of the ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year-Sustained Excellence Award. Memorial Hermann was recognized for its ongoing commitment to the improvement of energy efficiency in its facilities.

After capturing the Canadian title in 2014, Dunbarton High School in Pickering, Ontario, has been named the greenest school on earth for 2015.