Environmental Management
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Montreal joins Suzuki’s Blue Dot campaign
As part of the Blue Dot campaign, Montreal is now the fourth city in Canada to pass a municipal declaration respecting its citizens’ right to
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Stuwix Resources wins aboriginal business award
Stuwix Resources Joint Venture, a woodlands management company located in the interior of British Columbia, has won a top business award from the Forest Products
Building Strategies & Sustainability
BOMA BESt offers portfolio-based application
BOMA BESt's new portfolio-wide application targets light industrial and open-air retail properties
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Saskatchewan adopts new environmental code
Saskatchewan has adopted an innovative environmental code, reflecting the province’s new results-based approach to environmental regulation. Project developers will adhere to the same environmental standards
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Next steps in sustainable soil management
Since the Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario (RCCAO) introduced a web-based soil-matching service last year, responding to the need for sustainable dig and
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Inventive ways to cultivate green tenants
Although many tenants find value in creating sustainable office environments, over time, green behaviour can slip if property managers don’t foster this culture. However, according
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Global conference propels biodiversity targets
A global assembly of various governments around the world to discuss progress in meeting biodiversity targets for 2020 recently commenced in Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province, Republic
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Canada failing environment says new report
A new report from Julie Gelfand, Canada’s commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, shows the government is not keeping up with various issues related
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Canada and U.S. commit to energy collaboration
Natural Resources Canada and the United States Department of Energy have agreed to collaborate on a wide range of energy issues for better environmental sustainability
Building Strategies & Sustainability
GRESB survey pegs real estate sustainability
Owners, managers, investors and tenants increasingly look to the GRESB survey's sustainability reporting.
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HVACR invests $5-billion to improve refrigerants
The United States is advancing its efforts to reduce global warming with the recent announcement of a $5-billion investment in research and development funds from
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National Solid Waste Benchmarking: next steps
The Recycling Council of Ontario (RCO) reports more than 1,000 offices, retail stores and shopping centres across the country have contributed to the first National
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LEED Proven Provider designation launches
The Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI) recently introduced LEED Proven Provider, a new designation established to restructure the LEED project review process. The program, designed
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Mount Polley Mine Inquiry Underway
Almost a month after a tailings pond from the Mount Polley Mine in Likely, B.C. collapsed, releasing a catastrophic flood of toxic waste water into
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Nova Scotia sets permit for carbon capture
Fossil fuel companies in Nova Scotia must now request approval from the province’s Environment Department to carry out carbon capture and storage activity. The change
Canadian Property Management
Dealing with the emerald ash borer
Jaime Carnevale explores different treatment methods for dealing with the emerald ash borer and how to identify an infected tree.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Ontario’s rental buildings are certifying green
FRPO’s Certified Rental Building (CRB) Program is fast becoming the quality assurance marker of choice for renters throughout Ontario. Developed in 2008, it is the only multi-residential certification program of its kind in North America
