Developers and designers of York Region's new Forest Stewardship and Education Centre aim to join a select group of just six properties worldwide to be fully certified through the Living Building Challenge.

Whether they are property owners or tenants, many organizations are taking steps to green their commercial real estate. What fewer organizations are doing is measuring

With more than 100 registered hives in Toronto alone, people are seeing the environmental benefits and economic possibilities around urban beekeeping.

Green roof benefits include better air quality, reduced greenhouse gas emissions, improved storm water management and economic advantages.

As density increases in cities and land for new parks becomes scarce, areas including Toronto are now looking to privately owned public spaces.

Vancouver's Greenest City 2020 Action Plan aims to reduce solid waste going to the landfill and require new building to be carbon neutral from 2020 onward.

Experts speaking at the Green Real Estate conference in Toronto said that green building competition is leading to incremental change in the suburbs.

The new Toronto 2030 District program aims to meet the energy and emission reduction targets that are outlined in Architecture 2030.

As electric vehicles gain popularity across Canada, property managers and owners can benefit by installing EV charging stations of their own.

In order to promote biking to work among tenants, property owners and managers should ensure secure bicycle parking, changing room and showers.

Toronto's residential and commercial building may soon track their energy efficiency, as the city looks at mandatory energy use reporting.

The new ETFO office in Toronto is the city's first purpose-built facility to receive LEED Platinum, and features a Canadian first in geothermal energy.

Buildings can use different systems to improve stormwater management, thereby lessening the burden on the municipal drainage system.

The recent LEED v4 update places new focus on conducting a life cycle analysis of an entire building.

The updated version of the Green Globes' building certification is gaining recognition as an alternative to LEED.

Installing electric vehicle-charging stations during construction is straightforward, but retrofitting existing properties can be a challenge.

Managers looking to save resources don't have to investment in new products. Rather, they can find savings by focusing on sustainable maintenance.