Green Building
REMI Network
Gordon Hicks wins top green executive award
Gordon Hicks, president of Brookfield Global Integrated Solutions, was honoured with Corporate Knights' Greenest Chief Executive Award for 2015.
REMI Network
Blue Water Corporate Centre earns LEED Silver
The Blue Water Corporate Centre, an office complex in Sarnia, Ontario, has officially received LEED Silver certification.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Toronto puts energy reporting proposal on pause
An energy reporting requirement for large buildings is likely coming to Toronto. The only question is: Will it come from the city or from the province?
REMI Network
Montreal’s Tour AIMIA earns LEED Gold
The Tour AIMIA building in downtown Montreal has become the first new category A office tower in the area to earn LEED Gold status.
REMI Network
Rating system launches for green landscapes
U.S.-based Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI) has launched its new rating system for developing sustainable landscapes.
REMI Network
Renowned engineer earns top sustainable honour
Martin Roy, engineer and president of Martin Roy et Associés, was honoured with CaGBC's Green Building Champion Award.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Net-zero buildings seen as manageable targets
While green benchmarks such as LEED are provable targets, net-zero buildings have yet to gain momentum in the industry, mainly due to their perceived cost.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
CaGBC awards green building products
The Canadian Green Building Council (CaGBC) presented the Green Building Product of the Year Award to DIRTT Environmental Solutions.
REMI Network
Six global parks up for Urban Open Space award
Six parks across the world are finalists in a global competition that recognizes the successes of large- and small-scale public spaces.
REMI Network
LEED certification off to vigorous start in 2015
The total number of LEED certified projects in Canada has jumped to 2,252 as the Canadian Green Building Council (CaGBC) reports a healthy start to 2015.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Why LEED certification is becoming an essential
As LEED certification increasingly matters to tenants’ employees, sound environmental stewardship has moved from a nice-to-do to a must-do for many companies.
Canadian Property Management
Tenant demand propels sustainable measures
The more human aspect of sustainability was the focus of a recent discussion on tenant demands for green space, at Toronto’s Green Real Estate Conference
REMI Network
Hamilton facility wins top AIA green award
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has named a Diamond Schmitt Architects’ building as one of the top ten green projects of 2015.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Why Toronto needs green space networks
Green space in Toronto isn’t expanding at the same rate as new development. In response, a new study asks us to shift our focus and see parks as networks.
REMI Network
Cadillac Fairview wins Green Award of the Year
Cadillac Fairview’s GREEN AT WORK™ National Sustainability Program recently won the Green Award of the Year at the Real Estate Excellence (REX) Awards.
REMI Network
Setting benchmarks in Toronto’s 2030 District
Toronto recently became the first city outside the U.S. to join a network of 2030 Districts – a collective initiative that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote district-wide benchmarking in response to climate change.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
GTA school named earth’s greenest for 2015
After capturing the Canadian title in 2014, Dunbarton High School in Pickering, Ontario, has been named the greenest school on earth for 2015.
