We should be asking our reserve fund planners to look at the Paris accord target dates and compare the end-of-life replacement of our gas-burning appliances against the target dates.

As the country moves to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles, questions are brewing among people living in multi-unit dwellings.

Dingy is a word that conjures thoughts of old institutional spaces. Academic buildings with dimly-lit hallways and windowless classrooms punctured with fluorescent glare. Rarely are

Whatever the facility, prioritizing sustainable cleaning creates a healthier, greener environment for all.

Optimizing ventilation and air handling systems is key to achieving net zero energy performance goals.

Electricity demand projections through the vaccination rollout period should take two contradictory factors into account, energy management specialists affirm.

Facility managers are no longer viewed as a back-office function, but rather “a strategic instrument to attract and retain talent and create a great experience,”

In the age of COVID, it's also important to consider how chemical exposures influence our ability to fight disease.

While the relevance of geothermal has been percolating for years, the buzz is that more developers are starting to pay attention.

In preparation for World Water Day, here are five water conservation tips for facility managers and service providers.

Canadian commercial real estate assets are comparatively less exposed to the dire physical threats that extreme weather poses or has already served up in other global regions.

Facility managers require resources to accomplish tasks, but other departments within the organization need the same and limited resources.

Multifamily and industrial properties are routinely lumped together as favoured investment assets, but asset managers face divergent degrees of difficulty when they seek to mine value from energy performance.

Facility owners and managers must rethink the demands of existing operations and systems to deal with rapidly fluctuating capacity.

Impacts of the hard insurance market are trickling into condominium corporations across Canada, challenging boards and managers in their wake.

While building codes and standards help regulate efficiency in new buildings, existing buildings have been operating with little oversight and, in fact, no insight at all into how energy and water was being used in our cities.

The 2020 race2reduce field boasts more than 1,730 buildings encompassing 248 million square feet of space in common areas and tenant premises — an increase from 650 buildings covering 95 million square feet in 2019.