Energy Management
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B.C. school districts get $5-mil for energy savings
Twenty-four school districts in B.C. will share $5 million in funding for various energy projects, as part of the Carbon Neutral Capital Program (CNCP). Lighting
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ASHRAE revises ground-source heat pump book
ASHRAE has updated a 17-year-old publication on ground-source heat pumps to include benchmarks and design strategies for modern engineers to configure the most efficient and
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Mining big energy data
Big energy data could guide conservation and demand management programs, but there are still privacy and standardization issues to resolve.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
How next gen FM’s will help save the planet
Climate change is no longer a debatable, foggy topic, but rather a flurry of factual evidence, synchronized with environmental and cultural discourse around the globe.
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ASHRAE and IES revise standard for EB retrofits
To achieve better energy efficiency, ASHRAE and the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) have revised a standard, creating a more detailed description of procedures for the
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Hydro Ottawa offers real-time energy monitor
Hydro Ottawa subsidiary Energy Ottawa Inc. is distributing a new web-based tool so commercial businesses and landlords can better identity building inefficiencies and energy waste.
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Toronto most sustainable city in North America
Toronto is the most sustainable city in North America and ranks 12th globally—ahead of other big urban centres like New York and Chicago, but behind
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Mandatory energy audit for large U.K. firms
Large U.K. companies must comply with energy benchmarking and audit requirements by early December.
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Something new under the sun in Kimberley B.C.
Off Highway 95A, between the Purcell and Rocky Mountains, where the sun shines more than 300 days of the year, lies Kimberley, British Columbia, population
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Ontario’s sustainable energy champions awarded
The Ontario Sustainable Energy Association handed out its 5th annual Powering Prosperity Awards at a dinner in Vaughn, Ont. More than 300 energy leaders attended
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FCM to update Green Municipal Fund program
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) is renewing its Green Municipal Fund (GMF) program, with updates taking effect on April 1, 2015. To balance the
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National commercial energy use survey to begin
Statistics Canada will soon collect data for the Survey of Commercial and Institutional Energy Use 2015 on behalf of Natural Resources Canada (NRC). The national
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ACEEE hopes Congress backs energy efficiency
Towards the end of 2014, the 113th U.S. Congress scurried to act on various bills that will impact energy efficiency; however, according to The American Council
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Two Canadian rec centres win ASHRAE awards
Nine projects across North America, including a Quebec-based complex and a recreation facility in British Columbia, have won an ASHRAE Technology Award. The awards recognize
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Canada ‘must learn to live better with less’: report
Canada Conserves, a national initiative to promote conservation leadership, released a new report on the future of environmental movements in Canada, finding the country “must
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Liquefied Natural Gas industry launches web tool
B.C. businesses have a new online tool to help them be ready to tap into the generational opportunities that will be driven by the Liquefied Natural Gas industry.
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Simple, economical options for energy savings
Conservation and demand management (CDM) specialists frequently use the term “low-hanging fruit” in reference to low-cost or no-cost sources of energy savings. Michael Lithgow, P.Eng.,
