Efforts to secure aggregated energy and water use data from tenant utility accounts typically cast commercial asset managers into a regulatory labyrinth.

Alberta consumers will pay an extra $14 on the upfront cost of a solar photovoltaic (PV) panel when a new environmental fee goes into effect on Oct. 1.

Students in Alberta and British Columbia will be starting their school days in the darkness for part of this new academic year once the two provinces transition to permanent daylight saving time.

Ontario proposes a distinct electricity rate class for new data centres, as part of a package of requirements for facilities seeking to connect to the provincial power grid.

The first-ever comprehensive review of the Ontario Building Code has a mandate to root out duplications, anachronisms and undue complexities that have accumulated over the course of 50 years.

The Ontario government is proposing to open up a new financing option for energy and water efficiency upgrades in commercial and multifamily buildings.

Renewable energy proponents have emerged as the favoured bidders in the first phase of Ontario’s effort to add 7,500 megawatts of electricity resources to the provincial grid by 2034.

Newly adopted Ontario legislation cancels local governments' ability to dictate sustainable design features through site plan control and forbids them from requiring EV charging infrastructure in private buildings.

The Canadian government signals its ambitions to be an influencer via the national electricity strategy even though it lacks constitutional jurisdiction over generation, transmission and rate setting.

OSCRE is developing its data management standard in sync with mounting pressure for real estate players to accurately report the volume of waste they produce, disseminate and divert from landfill.

The 2026 Ontario budget includes targeted tax relief for small businesses, added tax deferral flexibility for some employers and notice that a current tax credit will be terminated in 2027.

Commercial ratepayers in Alberta can expect a 4.25 per cent jump in their education property taxes this year, while various added fees filter through to the real estate, facilities management and construction sectors.

Commercial and residential landlords and strata corporations in British Columbia face a 7 per cent increase on some key operational costs, set to kick in on Oct. 1, 2026.

A lower threshold for mandatory participation in Canada’s industrial carbon market could bring some commercial and institutional campuses into the mix along with a broader range of suppliers to the buildings sector.

Electricity pricing refinements could be in the offing for the predominant share of Ontario’s commercial ratepayers who don’t qualify for possible cost savings through the Industrial Conservation Initiative.

More leniency could come with a package of proposed new rules for activities that currently oblige accountable parties to obtain environmental permissions from the Ontario government.

Canada’s leadership has endorsed Indigenous ownership stakes in energy and infrastructure projects, underscoring that they will be pivotal to economic development and national cohesiveness.