Sustainability
Construction Business
Mayors target embodied carbon in construction
The mayors of Budapest, Los Angeles. Mexico City and Oslo are the first signatories of a new declaration targeting a 50 per cent reduction in carbon emissions from construction projects by 2030.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Sustainable products & practices for a sustainable future
Sustainable cleaning doesn’t mean that cleaning isn't happening as well or as often; just that more sustainable tools and processes are used.
REMI Network
Grant applications open for Elaina’s Sustainability Fund
Elaina's Sustainability Fund, by the Institute of Real Estate Management Foundation, is now accepting applications for funding to support green real estate management initiatives.
Canadian Property Management
CREST awards celebrate sustainability gains
While teams are still focused on an electricity-saving target, the race2reduce, sponsored by BOMA Toronto, has now expanded its mandate to include water, gas, solid waste and overarching climate leadership.
Canadian Property Management
ASHRAE unveils energy performance role model
The newly renovated and retrofitted 42-year-old office building is intended to embody the global society’s mandate to advance human well-being through sustainable technology in the built environment.
Canadian Property Management
Real estate makes space for climate capitalism
The 2020 race2reduce field boasts more than 1,730 buildings encompassing 248 million square feet of space in common areas and tenant premises — an increase from 650 buildings covering 95 million square feet in 2019.
REMI Network
Minto pilots high-rise air leakage testing
Minto is now the first developer in Ontario to complete a baseline measurement for high-rise air leakage.
REMI Network
Canadian researchers among global Green Talents
Germany’s federal Ministry of Education and Research has named 25 Green Talents for 2020, chosen from an international field of scholars in the early stages of careers in sustainability sciences.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Carbon pricing bankrolls school energy retrofits
Promised allocations from the federal Climate Action Incentive Fund have been released for building envelope, lighting and HVAC system improvements.
Canadian Property Management
Brookfield looks to Carney on ESG-focused funds
Mark Carney, the United Nations special envoy for climate action and finance, has joined Brookfield Asset Management as vice chair and head of ESG and impact fund investing.
REMI Network
GRESB response demonstrates ESG momentum
Participation in the global benchmarking exercise increased 18 per cent from 2019 and represents more than USD $5.3 trillion worth of assets under management.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Sunnybrook Hospital abuzz with beekeeping first
Sunnybrook Hospital has become the first healthcare facility in Toronto to welcome honeybees to its 100-acre property.
REMI Network
Toronto to refine investment decision process
Proposed policy changes would embed United Nations sustainable development goals in ESG criteria and adjust parameters for allocations to real assets.
Canadian Property Management
Public disclosure could foil energy reporting
The City of Winnipeg has invited commercial building owners and institutional facility managers to affix their Energy Star Portfolio Manager results on a publicly accessible map.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
USGBC develops COVID-focused LEED credit
The USGBC's new pilot credit in the LEED green building rating system supports building operators as they respond to the COVID-19 outbreak.
REMI Network
Colonnade BridgePort abuzz with urban beehives
Programming for both commercial and residential tenants will include free workshops focused on bee education, as well as the end of season honey harvest.
CondoBusiness
Uninsured property disqualified for Alberta aid
Condo boards and residential landlords in Fort McMurray and surrounding flood-stricken areas will have until August 5 to apply for provincial funding to help cover uninsurable damage.
