Technology
Canadian Property Management
Real estate reaps smart technology paybacks
Real estate owners/managers point to the efficiencies and savings that can come with real-time monitoring and operational responses, which also support asset value and competitiveness in the marketplace.
Canadian Property Management
Race to Reduce reveals trailblazing results
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.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Kitchener Public Library gets digital reboot
Kitchener Public Library’s $40-million renovation and expansion, completed in September 2014, responded to a new digital reality.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Net zero project is building industry milestone
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.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Do research before rolling out new facilities tools
The search for tech solutions that will address all priorities competing for limited capital has led some to put the technology “cart before the horse”.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
BIM’s value throughout the building life cycle
Experts share how facility managers can fully capture the benefits made available in BIM throughout the building life cycle.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Three highlights of switching to LED fixtures
LED technology has become a simple, most cost-effective way to not only cut operating costs, but also measurably reduce environmental impact.
Construction Business
Cost-effective gravel road repair
A growing number of counties, road contractors, and mining companies are discovering that linear crushers can repair a gravel road for significantly less money, while correcting the underlying subgrade problems.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
International Year of Light radiates potential
UNESCO has proclaimed 2015 the International Year of Light to shine a beacon on scientific achievements, reflect on possibilities and promote a spectrum of related economic and sustainable development objectives
Canadian Facility Management & Design
The case for continuing FM education
On-the-job experience alone can create great employees, but continuing FM education keeps facility managers progressing in their careers.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
How to achieve energy efficiency in 2015
Achieving energy efficiency in multi-residential properties is the new normal. With the cost of utilities rising, apartment owners are benefitting more than ever by finding new ways to save.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Green Button opens energy data channels
The Green Button standard could enable building owners and managers to access and share electricity, gas and water consumption data in a consistent format, regardless of jurisdiction.
Canadian Property Management
How to develop a telecom strategy for your site
With the evolution of data networks, cellular phones and smart devices driving demand for more infrastructure and technology among asset classes, properties are beginning to
Construction Business
Improving geoexchange systems
Geoexchange and heat pump technology is long established, with the first systems developed and implemented in the 1950s. With increasing awareness, improved equipment and industry
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Greywater and stormwater use in buildings
A large cistern installed near the main plumbing lab in Peterborough’s Kawartha Trades and Technology Centre at Fleming College is ready to harvest rainwater. This
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Mining big energy data
Big energy data could guide conservation and demand management programs, but there are still privacy and standardization issues to resolve.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Factors influencing the evolving workplace
The 1970s and 1980s cubicle layout was something of an anomaly in the evolving workplace, says Doug Lucy, director of marketing, AgilQuest. Speaking in an



