After 2022, companies must use their own funds to reimburse embedded energy managers, but will be offered “an enhanced level of technical support and resources.” It's a move some see as more short-sighted.

Careful planning and high and low-design cost options will quickly transform any curb-appeal project into improved real estate value.

A sustainability plan and budget should be made with the mindset of plan and prevent, instead of react and pivot.

In February, before the WHO declared a global pandemic, talk among the condo board at Palace Pier was of various news reports piling in.

Plugging fall-planted bulbs into the right design will illuminate them to their fullest and brightest potential in the spring landscape.

This expansion of the CAT’s jurisdiction into new issues should be noted by condominium corporation boards and managers alike.

Impacts of the hard insurance market are trickling into condominium corporations across Canada, challenging boards and managers in their wake.

While building codes and standards help regulate efficiency in new buildings, existing buildings have been operating with little oversight and, in fact, no insight at all into how energy and water was being used in our cities.

Designers and developers foresee a greater turn towards health and wellness in the condo design of tomorrow.

One of the most under addressed issues in aging condos is the fan coil unit. Residents often take an “out of sight, out of mind” approach.

Many reserve fund projects have not been able to proceed this year. Even now as construction has “opened up,” contractors have backlogs that will allow them to complete only some of the previously planned projects.

As areas of Ontario have reopened in the midst of an ongoing outbreak, condos may be asking if a specific set of rules is helpful.

Condo corporations are facing new budgeting challenges in 2020. Planning for unexpected and increasing expenses is difficult to anticipate.

There are many budget-friendly upgrades that can help make big visual impacts like refurbishing suite doors in a condo community.

In the shadow of a possible second wave, realtors forge ahead with the new reality of buying and selling condos.

To open or not to open. Most condo boards and managers are wondering how to safely reopen public spaces in their buildings, including shared gyms.

There is a significant shift in the way condo corporations are managing common elements, noisy neighbours and condo meetings.