REMI Network - Sustainability
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Sustainability

BC housing

Construction Business

Advancing mass timber projects

As mass timber construction continues to build momentum, critical lessons learned on jobsites are emerging to ensure success.
Canadian content rules explored for tax credits

Canadian Property Management

Canadian content rules explored for tax credits

The Canadian government is considering how its agenda to support domestic manufacturers and technology providers could meld with goals to decarbonize the buildings and energy sectors.
Skyline property

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Resilience by design

Amid the challenges of 2025, Skyline Apartment REIT continued to show resilience, thanks in part to a disciplined approach to portfolio modernization.
Waterworks

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Waterworks sets benchmark for adaptive reuse

The Waterworks combines community needs and practical development goals, while breaking down socio-economic barriers.
Carbon offset integrity banks on due diligence

Canadian Property Management

Carbon offset integrity banks on due diligence

As purchasers in the voluntary carbon market, commercial real estate players can tap into a wider range of offset credits at a lower price point than industrial peers compelled to participate in the regulated carbon pricing system.
Carbon market stringency standards under review

Canadian Property Management

Carbon market stringency standards under review

A lower threshold for mandatory participation in Canada’s industrial carbon market could bring some commercial and institutional campuses into the mix along with a broader range of suppliers to the buildings sector.
Ontario float electricity pricing adjustments

Canadian Property Management

Ontario floats electricity pricing refinements

Electricity pricing refinements could be in the offing for the predominant share of Ontario’s commercial ratepayers who don’t qualify for possible cost savings through the Industrial Conservation Initiative.
Backup generators tapped for relaxed oversight

Canadian Property Management

Standby generators tapped for relaxed oversight

More leniency could come with a package of proposed new rules for activities that currently oblige accountable parties to obtain environmental permissions from the Ontario government.
retrofits

CondoBusiness

Barriers stall deep energy retrofits in condo sector

Condominiums are among the fastest-growing types of housing, a trend that is particularly significant in a country where the built environment accounts for roughly 18 per cent of all greenhouse gas emissions.
New climate for joint sustainability agendas

Canadian Property Management

New climate for joint sustainability agendas

Results of landlord-tenant collaboration can be consequential for emissions reduction, operation costs, asset value and business reputation regardless of their path to togetherness.
local infrastructure

Canadian Property Management

Budget enticements devised to attract capital

Commercial real estate is a channel for some of the capital the Canadian government is strategizing to attract via new enticements unveiled in the 2025 federal budget.
TMU

Canadian Facility Management & Design

A new prescription for campus design at TMU

Toronto Metropolitan University's new medical school has transformed a former civic centre into a hub for healthcare education. It's tackling a doctor shortage while bringing the local community into the heart of a campus for services.
carbon

Construction Business

Can buildings be truly net zero?

Commitments to sustainability and net zero targets have increased significantly. But claims of achieving net zero are misleading.
AI literacy gaining prominence in CRE skill set

Canadian Property Management

AI literacy gaining prominence in CRE skill set

AI led the list of BOMA Canada's annual roundup of issues that gripped and galvanized the commercial real estate industry over the past year and are expected to hold sway into the future.
Fresh resource for indoor air quality

Canadian Property Management

Fresh resource for indoor air quality

New guidance from Health Canada presents a compilation of best practices for assessing and maintaining indoor air quality (IAQ) in office buildings.
BOMA Canada

Canadian Property Management

BOMA Canada honours industry’s best for 2025

The Building Owners and Managers Association of Canada (BOMA Canada) presented its national awards on September 17, 2025, during its annual BOMEX conference.
FM

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Study spotlights FM value in early project phases

Facility managers are often integrated into capital projects during the commissioning or post-occupancy phases, after critical decisions affecting long-term operations have been made.