A UBC LEED Platinum certified facility known as AMS Nest is a beacon to other campuses across Canada looking to reduce their environmental footprint.

The BRE Innovation Park in Ontario will become a platform for the Canadian construction industry to demonstrate solutions to achieve low carbon buildings.

Commercial real estate has the potential to create jobs and wealth if new technology infrastructure investment is prioritized.

Heartwood the Beach Condos, due to enter construction this spring, is likely to become Toronto’s debut six-storey wood-frame development.

Over the past four years, about 69 million square feet of Toronto’s office stock participated in an ambitious challenge to lower energy usage in buildings.

The significance of green programs is becoming more pertinent in conversations about attracting and retaining tenants and meeting occupant expectations.

Further refinement of the WELL Building Standard is expected as a plethora of studies point to the growing concern for health and wellness.

Green Standards, a Toronto-based initiative that helps divert used office equipment from the landfill, is helping properties report sustainable efforts.

On November 16, 2015, Ontario’s MOECC posted details about Ontario’s proposed greenhouse gas cap-and-trade system to the Environmental Registry.

LEED registrants appear to be taking full advantage of the deadline extension before the more rigorous version 4 of the certification program becomes mandatory.

CivicAction’s Race to Reduce, one of the largest smart energy office challenges in the world, honoured its top performers and revealed its stunning results.

A net zero energy home in Guelph, Ontario, the first of 25 to be completed as part of a national project, aims to position NZE in the mainstream public.

A look at what sustainability means to some experts in the building industry and the way climate change has impacted the conversation.

Many properties continue to fail in frequently monitoring their utility and energy consumption outside of the reporting scopes of building certifications.

North America leaders endorsed a new five-year CEC plan for better environmental management decisions. Climate change adaptation is one focus area.

LED technology has become a simple, most cost-effective way to not only cut operating costs, but also measurably reduce environmental impact.

Subnational jurisdictions from across the Western Hemisphere gathered at Toronto’s Royal York Hotel for The Climate Summit of the Americas.