REMI Network - Sustainability
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Sustainability

Canadian Property Management

The benefits of EV charging stations

As electric vehicles gain popularity across Canada, property managers and owners can benefit by installing EV charging stations of their own.

Building Strategies & Sustainability

Building features that promote biking to work

In order to promote biking to work among tenants, property owners and managers should ensure secure bicycle parking, changing room and showers.

CondoBusiness

Toronto looks at mandatory energy use reporting

Toronto's residential and commercial building may soon track their energy efficiency, as the city looks at mandatory energy use reporting.

Canadian Facility Management & Design

New ETFO office sets bar for sustainability

The new ETFO office in Toronto is the city's first purpose-built facility to receive LEED Platinum, and features a Canadian first in geothermal energy.

Building Strategies & Sustainability

Systems to improve stormwater management

Buildings can use different systems to improve stormwater management, thereby lessening the burden on the municipal drainage system.
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Building Strategies & Sustainability

LEED v4 updates look at life cycle analysis

The recent LEED v4 update places new focus on conducting a life cycle analysis of an entire building.

Building Strategies & Sustainability

Green Globes certification goes mainstream

The updated version of the Green Globes' building certification is gaining recognition as an alternative to LEED.

Building Strategies & Sustainability

Creating high-performance curtain walls

Curtain walls performance can be increased by evaluating the system as a whole, rather than looking at the performance of each component.

CondoBusiness

Accommodating electric vehicles in condos

Installing electric vehicle-charging stations during construction is straightforward, but retrofitting existing properties can be a challenge.

Building Strategies & Sustainability

Integrated solar cells offer design-savvy solution

Building integrated photovoltaics offer a more flexible energy efficiency option than traditional solar panels.

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Real savings through sustainable maintenance

Managers looking to save resources don't have to investment in new products. Rather, they can find savings by focusing on sustainable maintenance.

Building Strategies & Sustainability

Soil ‘dating service’ matches supply & demand

A newly launched web-based registry matches supply and demand for clean soil.

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Optimizing HVAC controls

Optimized HVAC control strategies can help save energy and can identify problem areas within a building.

Building Strategies & Sustainability

Living walls have a growing list of benefits

Livings walls are growing in popularity due to the benefits they bring to indoor environments.

Canadian Property Management

Government building achieves LEED gold

PWGSC's Douglas Jung Building recently achieved a LEED gold rating in the category of ...

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Time to cut energy consumption and costs

Now is the time to curb energy costs as the Rent Increase Guideline is moving downward as fast as the price of hydro ...

Building Strategies & Sustainability

B.C. Hydro pulls back on conservation

B.C. Hydro has proposed significant cuts to its conservation and demand management incentives over the next ...