Energy Management
REMI Network
New design guide for zero energy multifamily buildings
A new advanced energy design guide is now available to help contractors and designers develop a viable plan for attaining zero energy multifamily buildings.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Robust green tax credit offered in Newfoundland
The new provincial tax credit is equivalent to 20 per cent of the capital costs of designated clean generation and energy-saving equipment, to a maximum of $1 million annually.
Canadian Property Management
Air-source heat pumps added to tax break list
Air-source heat pumps have been added to the list of clean energy equipment that qualifies for Canada’s accelerated capital cost allowance program.
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.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
NS incents EV chargers in multifamily buildings
Nova Scotia has allocated $1 million over two years to help subsidize electric vehicle charging stations in multifamily apartment and condominium buildings.
Canadian Property Management
Budgets offer contrasting energy cost measures
British Columbia's and Alberta's newly released 2022-23 budgets take differing approaches to cost relief for commercial and multifamily building owners.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Influential partners promote RETScreen Expert
BOMA Canada and the Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care sponsor training on version 8.1 of NRCan's energy management software platform.
Canadian Property Management
Watchdog projects Ontario electricity subsidies
The Financial Accountability Office of Ontario pegs the cost of nine provincial programs at more than $118 billion over a 20-year period, with the largest share ascribed to the Ontario Electricity Rebate.
CondoBusiness
Ontario explores overnight electricity discount
A proposed new optional time-of-use electricity rate structure in Ontario could introduce ultra-low pricing for overnight power consumption in tandem with an added premium for on-peak periods of the day.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
York Region piloting Passive House at new facility
A new men's emergency and transitional housing facility, set to rise in Aurora, Ontario, has opened the door to pilot-testing Passive House in York Region.
Canadian Property Management
Canada’s clean energy efforts garner plaudits
The International Energy Agency commends Canada's targets and policies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and identifies it as a potential key player in the transition to low-carbon energy sources
REMI Network
Eaton Centre’s galleria roof to get $60-mil makeover
New materials and technologies will replace the existing glass yet retain the classic design aesthetic the roof is famous for.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Electricity rate relief unaligned with lockdown
The timing of newly announced short-term relief for Ontario’s residential and small business customers is somewhat out of sync with expected power consumption patterns.
Canadian Property Management
Provincial energy efficiency programs stalling
Efficiency Canada’s provincial energy efficiency scorecard shows a Canada-wide downward trend in annual incremental savings compared to last decade.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Community net metering demo set for Ontario
Sifton Properties’ West 5, a 70-acre mixed-use development in London, Ontario, will be a test site for an electricity generation and sharing model known as community net metering.
Canadian Property Management
Deadline set for energy-use data availability
A newly filed regulation instructs Ontario's electricity and gas distributors to be ready for the province-wide rollout of the Green Button program by November 2023.
REMI Network
Global energy load has room to ease poverty
New research concludes there is capacity to power universal decent living standards (DLS) and stay beneath a 1.5-degree Celsius ceiling for temperature rise.
