Daily vigilance is central to achieving operational energy savings, but rare decisions typically have the most acute carbon consequences in buildings.

We should be asking our reserve fund planners to look at the Paris accord target dates and compare the end-of-life replacement of our gas-burning appliances against the target dates.

Heat pumps can provide significant cost savings in the effort to decarbonize Canada’s building sector, according to a report by HRAI.

Retrofit proponents unable to contribute at least $6.25 million in equity capital will have to look to third-party interveners in order to tap into the Canada Infrastructure Bank’s $2-billion fund for commercial buildings.

When considering products with recycled content, pay attention to the types of recycled materials that are in them.

The energy demand load has shifted in sync with much of Ontario’s workforce from commercial to home offices, prompting calls for suspension of time-of-use pricing during the current COVID-19 related upheaval

Smart buildings offer the best hope to reduce carbon effectively, reduce energy costs and provide good return on investment.