Energy Management
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Smart grid enables electricity demand response
Through a soon-to-be-launched demand response (DR) pilot program, Ontario's Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) will assess the potential for reducing energy loads during periods of peak demand.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
BOMA calls for fairness in energy reporting
BOMA Toronto supports energy reporting and benchmarking, but stresses that it must be premised on encouraging continuous improvement rather than shaming weaker performers.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
LEED v4 users lag ahead of new deadline
LEED registrants appear to be taking full advantage of the deadline extension before the more rigorous version 4 of the certification program becomes mandatory.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Canadian opportunities in U.S. Clean Power Plan
Canada's renewable energy and clean technology sectors could figure prominently and profitably in American states' efforts to comply with the recently introduced U.S. Clean Power Plan.
REMI Network
BOMA BEST 3.0 questionnaire in development
Following the recent news of a more improved BOMA BEST brand coming to market, comes the announcement of a new questionnaire called BOMA BEST 3.0.
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.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Shoddy insulation adds to U.K. heating costs
Energy efficiency proponents calculate that dilapidated, poorly insulated dwellings add extra and unnecessary annual energy costs for a majority of householders in the United Kingdom.
REMI Network
IREM introduces affordable green certification
Due to hundreds of office, retail and multifamily properties unable to achieve LEED certification, IREM has launched an affordable alternative.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Sub-par energy efficiency scores are U.S. norm
Massachusetts and California topped the 2015 rankings, in which 40 U.S. states scored less than half of the 50 available points awarded for energy efficiency initiatives.
REMI Network
New ASHRAE guide addresses cold climates
ASHRAE has recently published its “Cold-Climate Buildings Design Guide,” to help designers face particular challenges of buildings in colder locales.
REMI Network
Ontario makes headway in cap-and-trade system
Ontario is moving forward with its commitment to a cap-and-trade system through proposed changes to reporting regulations and draft guidelines.
REMI Network
U.S. Dept. of Energy clarifies net zero definition
The U.S. Department of Energy has released a refined definition for the meaning of a net zero energy building to create more consistency in the market.
REMI Network
CaGBC names greenest schools in Canada
Hamilton, Ontario and Edmonton, Alberta now boast the greenest schools in Canada, with results from CaGBC's second annual competition.
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.
REMI Network
BOMA Canada rebrands BOMA BEST
BOMA Canada has announced an improved and more intuitive BOMA BEST certification brand, available to the public beginning September 21, 2015.
REMI Network
German infill district hits energy use target
A new report confirms that Passive House design is delivering promised energy performance in the Bahnstadt district of Heidelberg, Germany.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
What is sustainability to the building sector?
A look at what sustainability means to some experts in the building industry and the way climate change has impacted the conversation.
