Sustainability
Port of entry prioritizes stress-reducing design
Moriyama Teshima Architects designed a calming campus that reflects Canada’s natural history amidst an otherwise hyper-surveillanced area.
Unified data transforming P3 facility management
Bringing together BIM, IoT sensors, CMMS platforms and digital twin environments into a unified operational view, can help facility teams move beyond reactive decision-making towards more predictive, informed and proactive management.
Gay Lea’s new HQ honours agricultural heritage
Moving to a collaborative hybrid office marks a new chapter for Gay Lea Foods—one that blends agricultural heritage with a modern vision of work.
Feds have hazy read on climate risk exposure
Key federal departments are scrambling to catch up with climate risk assessments and response plans after the Auditor General of Canada uncovered gaps in monitoring and a slow rollout of adaptive actions.
Green premium could be deep retrofit linchpin
The costs to achieve deep cuts in energy use and greenhouse gas emissions could crunch more favourably for capital budgeters with the promise of a green premium.
Waterworks sets benchmark for adaptive reuse
The Waterworks combines community needs and practical development goals, while breaking down socio-economic barriers.
Smart tech retrofits revitalize aging retail spaces
Aging retail buildings, once the backbone of bustling commercial districts, are now environmental and financial liabilities.
A new prescription for campus design at TMU
Toronto Metropolitan University's new medical school has transformed a former civic centre into a hub for healthcare education. It's tackling a doctor shortage while bringing the local community into the heart of a campus for services.
Vancouver rec facilities face decommissioning risk
Recreational facilities across Vancouver face higher operating costs and lagging service delivery in the absence of a capital asset management framework.
Study spotlights FM value in early project phases
Facility managers are often integrated into capital projects during the commissioning or post-occupancy phases, after critical decisions affecting long-term operations have been made.
Safety gaps flagged in Canadian workplaces
Most respondents who reported experiencing a work-related incident or illness (or knowing someone who has) say it was stress-related, with this figure being significantly higher in Canada.
Repurposing Canada’s religious buildings
As church congregations dwindle across Canada and the cost to maintain their faith-built spaces increases, ideas abound for how to repurpose these buildings into potential
Trent U plans Canada’s largest mixed-use building
The growth of Trent University continues with a groundbreaking project. Construction has officially begun on Gidigaa Migizi College and the new Otonabee College residence.
FMs ponder procurement amid trade war
Facility management professionals are preparing action plans in light of potential tariff impacts and sharing how the situation is creating unity within the sector.
Carbon price refocused on industrial emitters
Cancellation of the consumer carbon price comes with the Canadian government’s affirmation that other incentives for reducing GHG emissions from buildings will remain in place.
FM industry preps for fallout of tariffs
The U.S.-imposed tariffs on Canadian goods and Ottawa’s retaliatory measures will impact facility management across North America.
Toronto offers heads-up on emission thresholds
Toronto could join the slate of North American jurisdictions that impose thresholds for allowable greenhouse gas emissions from buildings sometime later this year.

















