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Canadian Facility Management & Design

Cost-effective interiors for healthcare facilities

Even though interior design is often first to be cut from a healthcare facility’s budget, it is perhaps one of the most important investments its

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Delineating where private property rights end

The City of Toronto is investigating the use of visual aids to delineate where private property rights end and public property begins. The move follows

Canadian Facility Management & Design

How to make a winning business case

An FM needs a winning business case — a form of story — to secure needed capital funding. Tell a powerful facilities story by taking these four steps.

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Mobilizing building information modeling

Properly implemented building information modeling can put critical facility information at the touch of the fingertips via smartphone or tablet.

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Chemical management for green cleaning

The first step in a green cleaning program is often to switch from traditional to green cleaning chemicals. What facility managers may not realize is

Canadian Facility Management & Design

The rise of height-adjustable tables

Height-adjustable tables are rising to the occasion as evidence that prolonged static postures have a range of negative health consequences mounts. Although not new, the

Canadian Facility Management & Design

T.O.’s energy reporting consultations set for fall

City of Toronto staff have set out a fall to winter timeframe for consultations on the development of a proposed energy reporting bylaw for large buildings.

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Accommodating an aging workforce

Accommodating an aging workforce through ergonomic improvement processes and training programs benefits employees old and young.

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Improving building performance with big data

Buildings have been producing data since their first energy bills were delivered, but until recently, collecting and analyzing building data was difficult, timely and costly.

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Measuring success in sustainability initiatives

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

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.

Canadian Apartment Magazine

4 tips to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning

To keep building occupants and staff safe, here are four tips to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning that property managers need to know.

Canadian Facility Management & Design

New sanitizers to prevent superbugs

Managers can prevent superbugs from spreading in facilities by using new anolyte sanitizers that don't allow viruses or bacteria to gain resistance.

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Apartment rentals rise in slow housing market

Apartment rentals are going up in the U.S. amidst a slow housing market. But experts question whether the same trend is occurring in Canada.

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Introducing change in the workplace

Successfully introducing change in the workplace is about more than co-ordinating logistics. Programs need to educate and engage employees.

CondoBusiness

How to prevent mould by controlling moisture

Implementinging a comprehensive moisture management strategy is key to prevent mould. It also reduces potential health risks and liability.