Energy Management
Canadian Property Management
Class B and C commercial buildings eyed for CDM
Conservation keeners and stragglers are both vital if Ontario is to meet the ambitious target to cut 7 million megawatt-hours from province-wide electricity consumption before 2021.
Canadian Property Management
Commercial electricity customers mull decision
Newly expanded eligibility for Ontario's Industrial Conservation Initiative could be even more punitive for smaller customers on the losing side of cost redistribution.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
How to prolong the lifespan of lighting systems
Along with the direct energy savings that LEDs offer, facilities are also realizing cost savings by prolonging their lighting system through best practices.
Canadian Property Management
Net positive energy office set to rise in Waterloo
In Waterloo, Ontario, workers are installing wells for a geo-exchange system that will heat and cool a new net positive energy office development.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Toronto seeks borrowers for retrofit loan fund
Multi-residential landlords can borrow project capital and repay it over a period of up to 20 years through a special charge added to their property tax bills.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
City of Mississauga slashes electricity use at rink
The City of Mississauga has slashed the electricity use of the ice-making equipment at its Iceland Arena during winter and shoulder season operations.
Canadian Property Management
Energy efficiency draws fraction of spending
The Canadian government is looking for waste and savings opportunities across its vast and varied portfolio of capital assets.
Canadian Property Management
Ontario offers unequal electricity cost cuts
An expanded perk for the industrial sector is expected to shift a greater share of Global Adjustment costs onto commercial customers, particularly those with monthly electricity loads less than 1 megawatt.
Canadian Property Management
Business applauds B.C. electricity cost relief
The B.C. government has pledged to lower the 7 per cent provincial sales tax (PST) on electricity to 3.5 per cent as of this October, and phase it out completely by April 2019.
REMI Network
Ontario enacts energy and water reporting reg
Ontario has now enacted its energy and water reporting and benchmarking regulation to help large buildings cut down on greenhouse gas emissions.
Canadian Property Management
Canada fosters innovative building design
Two Canadian facilities are 2017 winners of ASHRAE Technology Awards for innovative building design that enables sustainable and energy-efficient operations.
Canadian Property Management
Changing market challenges property managers
A recent PM Expo seminar elaborated on changing market conditions and how they will affect future property managers in an increasingly technical field.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Best strategies for saving energy
Suneel Gupta, Director of Energy and Sustainability at FirstService Residential Ontario provides key strategies for saving energy in multi-residential buildings.
CondoBusiness
Proposed energy code changes target glass boxes
New criteria for calculating thermal bridging and a mandate for heat/energy recovery systems in a wide range of conditions could have the most significant impact on the design and construction of new buildings.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
ASHRAE 90.1 adds multi-res lighting proviso
Developers of multi-residential buildings can expect more pointed direction on their lighting choices as North American jurisdictions update their building regulations.
REMI Network
Ottawa tower earns first LEED v4 O+M certification
Blackwood Partners Inc. has earned Canada’s first LEED v4 certification, earning Gold under the LEED O+M: Existing Buildings rating system.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Breakthrough technology eases risk management
Energy storage, phase-change materials and carbon dioxide refrigerant exemplify the diversity of products that can have bearing on how buildings use resources, discharge waste and function in both normal and adverse conditions.
