Nova Scotia's Auditor General raises a long list of concerns about the Office of the Fire Marshal 12 years after a previous Auditor General presented similar findings.

Energy efficiency, climate change adaptation and EVs and charging infrastructure figure in New Brunswick’s planned $47- to $57-million in climate action spending for 2023-24.

A new report to Toronto council recommends a more ambitious and pointed communications strategy to build brand awareness of the city's green development standard.

Significantly more revenue has been raised through the auction of the retail permits associated with the stores than from the sale of the properties themselves.

The manner in which top performers leave their jobs can cause various levels of disruption within a workplace, including a potential snowball effect that involves the turnover of multiple quality employees.

Toronto and Vancouver posted the tightest industrial markets among major urban centres in Canada and the United States in the first quarter of 2023.

Calgary has approved five more projects to convert empty office space into new homes for future downtown residents.

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.

There is little for buildings in Alberta’s newly released plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions while supporting ongoing development of fossil fuel resources.

Incoming data from the City of Mississauga reveals 1,088 building permits were issued for new construction in the first quarter of 2023.

CBRE Canada reports an all-time high national office vacancy rate and another quarter-over-quarter increase in average Class A net rents for Q1 2023.

The Canadian government is sponsoring the development of a low-cost flood insurance program to cover current gaps in coverage.

The 2023-24 budget also confirms that low-carbon heating systems are exempt from the labour conditions tied to some of the other categories of clean technology eligible for the tax credit.

With the looming launch of the BOMA BEST 4.0 assessment and benchmarking tool for sustainable buildings, only days remain to register for certification under the expiring version.

Health Canada is preparing guidance on indoor air quality in office buildings aimed at landlords, employers, building operators, facilities managers, maintenance staff and tenants' health and safety committees.

Just two of Canada's listed real estate companies count recently failed U.S. banks among their tenants, occupying a minimal fraction of their portfolios in both cases.

The newest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, released on March 20, warns that maintaining the global average temperature threshold of 1.5 C is becoming even more challenging.