Environmental Management
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.
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.
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
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.
Canadian Property Management
Canadian GRESB results lead the larger pack
Global sustainability benchmark places 2015 Canadian achievement more in line with the top-ranked Australia/New Zealand region than with the 144 U.S. participants.
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
Canada’s first LEED pilot neighbourhood opens
The Preston Meadows community in Cambridge, Ontario is Canada’s first pilot neighbourhood to be fully certified as a LEED Neighbourhood Development (ND).
Building Strategies & Sustainability
2015 GRESB results plot improved green status
Results for 2015, released Sept. 2, provide an overview of 707 real estate organizations encompassing 61,000 properties worldwide, collectively valued at U.S. $2.3 trillion.
REMI Network
Ontario steps up plans to protect drinking water
Ontario has stamped approval on more Source Protection Plans in the Greater Toronto-Hamilton Region with the aim to protect local drinking water sources.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Water efficiency has flow-through cost savings
Cooling towers and irrigation add to summertime water demand, while many Canadian municipalities have implemented multi-year annual rate increases to help fund needed upgrades to aging infrastructure.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Calgary Marriott earns green meetings rating
Following a recent renovation of the event spaces at the Calgary Marriott Downtown, the property has been awarded a 3 Green Key Meeting rating.
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.
REMI Network
Markham Stouffville Hospital earns LEED Silver
Markham Stouffville Hospital has announced the achievement of LEED Silver certification for its recent 385,000 square-foot expansion project.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Energy monitoring outside the building box
Many properties continue to fail in frequently monitoring their utility and energy consumption outside of the reporting scopes of building certifications.
REMI Network
Saskatchewan infra projects get funding boost
26 infrastructure projects across Saskatchewan will receive more than $43 million in financing under the New Building Canada Plan’s Small Communities Fund.
