Climate Change
REMI Network
Climate projections show Ottawa will get warmer, wetter
Ottawa will continue to get warmer and wetter year-round, with a greater chance of extreme weather, according to recent climate projections.
REMI Network
Report helps FMs manage climate change effects
A new report helps facility managers to reduce the effects of climate change for the organizations they support.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Individual actions drive digital Earth Day 2020
This year’s 50th anniversary event is already in progress, in homes and online, as organizers launched 22 days of daily challenges for promoting climate change resilience on April 1.
REMI Network
Roundup herbicide causing loss of biodiversity
A new study reveals that Roundup, the popular glyphosate-based herbicide, is making ecosystems more vulnerable to pollution and climate change.
Construction Business
Moving towards building electrification
Interest in building electrification is growing with modern high-performance buildings moving towards all-electric mechanical systems.
Canadian Property Management
New metric to peg portfolio warming potential
A new package of analytical tools identify and track asset exposure to climate risk, aligned with the steady adoption of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures by global financial institutions.
Construction Business
Chris Ballard named new Passive Canada CEO
Chris Ballard has been appointed as Passive House Canada/Maison Passive Canada (PHC) CEO, replacing Rob Bernhardt, who is stepping down.
REMI Network
Fungal growth degrading buildings: study
Microorganisms growing inside aging buildings and infrastructure are more than just a health issue, according to new research.
Construction Business
B.C. introduces climate transparency legislation
The B.C. government has introduced first-of-its-kind climate legislation in North America, setting out legal accountability requirements to achieve targets.
Canadian Property Management
Climate risk profilers wrangle fragmented data
A widening scope of resources can be tapped to build increasingly sophisticated risk profiles, but sustainability practitioners note that data is often fragmented and difficult to obtain.
Design Quarterly
Housing theme for World Architecture Day
On World Architecture Day, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) is calling on architects to lead in the fight against climate change
Canadian Property Management
Cogswell Tower wins Carbon Crusader Award
The award will be presented at BOMA Nova Scotia’s Market Update Lunch, taking place on October 24, 2019, in Halifax.
Canadian Property Management
Energy efficiency primed for climate action
Few signatories to the Paris Agreement have specifically listed energy efficiency targets in required national plans for meeting their commitments so Three Percent Club founders see plenty of room to capture untapped emissions reductions.
Canadian Property Management
Canadian health care delivers climate champions
More than 190 health care organizations collectively represent 17,500 hospitals and related facilities in 28 countries that have signed on to the global effort to improve the sector's resiliency and reduce its environmental footprint.
Canadian Property Management
Carbon pricing reappears on Ontario gas bills
Carbon pricing has been reinstated on Ontario's natural gas bills 10 months after utilities were instructed to remove the levy that the provincial government has been seeking to quash.
Canadian Property Management
Buildings in mix for breakthrough energy fund
Clean energy developers may secure up to $3 million or 50 per cent of project costs for the advancement of manufacturing, electricity, transportation or buildings related innovations with the potential to reduce global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
REMI Network
Central banks offer climate risk guidance
The Bank of Canada is one of the newest members of the Network for Greening the Financial System, which has released global recommendations on climate-related risk assessment, monitoring and data sharing.


