Recurring requirements to off-load excess electricity supply at ratepayers' expense might appear to diminish ...

Talks between Ontario’s elevator technician union and management cannot seem to get off the ground floor.

The green building sector is one of the beneficiaries of the recent federal budget pledge to renew SDTC funding ...

Canada's recycling rules offer a coincidental safeguard against counterfeit refrigerant, which is causing safety ...

Cleaning chemicals rely on powerful formulas to help loosen and remove soils and contaminants from all types of surfaces. When used properly, they are generally safe. When used improperly, problems can arise.

Ontario's new building code continues an incremental adoption of heightened energy efficiency standards.

Across the province, property values increased an average of 67 per cent upon the recent reassessment ...

Hands-on tasks increasingly involve touch screens and an associated learning curve for many employees who joined the workforce in the analog age. This can be particularly true for commercial building operators and residential superintendents ...

The Health Product Declaration (HPD) open standard was developed to provide support for evaluating products ...

Shrinking payback periods for LED streetlights are helping to make the business case for large-scale conversions in many Canadian municipalities.

Fire departments in Ontario have been asked to report fires or explosions associated with electrical meter installations to the Office of the Fire Marshal ...

Voluntary action will continue to be the predominant dismantler of barriers in Ontario’s built environment and landscapes ...

Engineering and life safety specialists are currently examining stairwell concerns in preparation for possible new or revised rules that would be introduced in the 2015 National Building Code.

Retraining in WHMIS will likely be required upon the introduction of the globally harmonized system for classifying and labelling chemicals.

A new round of legal proceedings is underway in Ontario, where building owners are seeking compensation for costs related to an elevator mechanism that the province’s Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) ordered ...

Industrial electricity incentive program applicants may be eligible for a 70 per cent discount on electricity costs in return for creating one new ...

Manitoba is the first Canadian province to mandate automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in specific facilities.