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Building Strategies & Sustainability

National Waste Benchmarking Study released

The Recycling Council of Ontario’s first commercial, industrial and institutional waste performance benchmarking study has been released, revealing an immediate need for industry-wide improvement, with

Building Strategies & Sustainability

Greywater and stormwater use in buildings

A large cistern installed near the main plumbing lab in Peterborough’s Kawartha Trades and Technology Centre at Fleming College is ready to harvest rainwater. This

Building Strategies & Sustainability

Mining big energy data

Big energy data could guide conservation and demand management programs, but there are still privacy and standardization issues to resolve.

CondoBusiness

Barrie to debate garbage collection for condos

Barrie condo owners might soon get relief from “paying double” for garbage collection. City Council has agreed to cost into its 2015 budget either rebating

Building Strategies & Sustainability

Mandatory energy audit for large U.K. firms

Large U.K. companies must comply with energy benchmarking and audit requirements by early December.

Building Strategies & Sustainability

Something new under the sun in Kimberley B.C.

Off Highway 95A, between the Purcell and Rocky Mountains, where the sun shines more than 300 days of the year, lies Kimberley, British Columbia, population

Building Strategies & Sustainability

Red tape stifles Quebec’s green roofs

In Montreal, Saint-Laurent borough Mayor Alan DeSousa has a seemingly straightforward goal: to promote green roofs on private sector developments. DeSousa, who received the 2014

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Commercial sector waste diversion strategies

Half a can of pop is all it takes. That hundred-odd millilitres of syrupy soda is enough to contaminate an entire paper recycling stream. A

Building Strategies & Sustainability

BOMA BESt offers portfolio-based application

BOMA BESt's new portfolio-wide application targets light industrial and open-air retail properties

Building Strategies & Sustainability

GRESB survey pegs real estate sustainability

Owners, managers, investors and tenants increasingly look to the GRESB survey's sustainability reporting.

Building Strategies & Sustainability

Hefty increases for LED lighting incentives

Updates to LED lighting incentives in Ontario make them more lucrative and easier to obtain.

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Ontario’s rental buildings are certifying green

FRPO’s Certified Rental Building (CRB) Program is fast becoming the quality assurance marker of choice for renters throughout Ontario. Developed in 2008, it is the only multi-residential certification program of its kind in North America

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Energy saving tips for rental property managers

Apartment residents are among the last group of consumers to become actively engaged in the ‘save the environment’ regime. Here are some energy saving tips to help property managers engage them.

Building Strategies & Sustainability

Perceived building costs prevent conservation

A recent survey reveals that Canadian business leaders generally undervalue the return on investment from energy efficiency.

Canadian Property Management

Case study: monitoring energy via smart meter

Lorina Keery of Colliers International explains how the company found savings by monitoring energy usage with smart meters in order to cut waste.

Construction Business

B.C. labour shortage possible during LNG boom

New LNG plants will mean jobs and economic windfall for British Columbia. But the possibility of a B.C. labour shortage could be problematic.

Canadian Property Management

Choosing the right bird netting for a property

Different types of bird netting have different strengths and uses. Property managers can pick products to prevent pest birds of all types and sizes.