Benchmarking
Canadian Property Management
New modelling tool gauges GRESB score outcomes
The Institute of Real Estate Management is promoting a big-picture perspective on asset-level actions with the launch of a modelling tool tied to its certified sustainable property (CSP) program.
Canadian Property Management
Data centre performance standards in the works
Prominent industry-led organizations that promote sustainability in the built environment have joined forces to develop performance standards for data centres.
Canadian Property Management
GRESB navigates sustainability backlash
The newly released 2025 GRESB benchmark shows year-over-year improvement in the average global score for environmental, social and governance (ESG) results in commercial real estate portfolios.
Canadian Property Management
GRESB to pilot data centre benchmark
GRESB, the global assessment of ESG performance in commercial real estate portfolios, will begin testing a dedicated sustainability benchmark for data centres in the fall of 2025.
Canadian Property Management
ENERGY STAR caught in legislative limbo
For now, ENERGY STAR’s various labelling, certification and benchmarking initiatives are in a precarious, but not necessarily fatal position.
Canadian Property Management
ENERGY STAR status a cross-border worry
Reference in U.S. statute makes the ENERGY STAR program resistant to a sudden takedown, but still vulnerable to coordinated efforts through legislative channels.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Climate for preventive health care intensifies
A new consistent lens for assessing climate risk resilience in Canadian hospitals fits well with preventive health care practices and growing recognition of the social determinants of health.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
GRESB to revise indicators for multifamily sector
Multifamily real estate entities reporting to GRESB, the global assessment and benchmark for the ESG performance of portfolios, can expect new criteria next year.
Canadian Property Management
Energy data refines ESG performance metrics
Energy efficiency will gain standing in the 2025 GRESB assessment when the global benchmark for ESG performance of commercial real estate portfolios introduces revised scoring for its energy performance metric.
Canadian Property Management
Canada praised as GRESB benchmark leader
National averages aren’t revealed in the recently released 2023 global results, but Canada's high ranking among 75 participating countries was confirmed during an online discussion of trends underpinning the numbers.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Ontario extends deadline for energy/water data
The deadline to submit consumption data to Ontario’s energy and water reporting and benchmarking program has been extended to help accommodate this year's large new cohort of mandated participants.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
The health of your building matters
A new report from CfAD, in collaboration with QuadReal Property Group, points to the positive ways healthy building strategies can drive value in real estate.
Canadian Property Management
Canada’s energy saving efforts lag U.S.
Canadian provinces fell far short of energy saving efforts in the top-performing U.S. states in 2020, but the gap between the leaders and the worst-performing U.S. states was wider still.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Comparative energy scores reset apartment hunt
New study findings from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy show a 21 per cent increase in traffic to the most energy-efficient units when scores appear on all rental listings.
Canadian Property Management
Raw performance metrics unflattering to Canada
Canada ranks 7th for its policy measures and second-last in performance outcomes in an analysis of energy efficiency efforts in the world's 25 highest energy-consuming countries.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
4 steps for proactive cleaning
The secret to reopening – and staying that way – is a proactive, hands-on approach
REMI Network
Building Benchmark BC initiative announces strong uptake
The Building Benchmark BC database now captures the energy and GHG emissions of 1,163 buildings, representing 8.4+ million square metres of floor space.
