Sustainability
Canadian Property Management
21st century grid heralds a new energy future
Data will be the golden key in the new energy future, and any company with an interest in data is already thinking about this energy future.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Canadian Open makes sustainability leader board
Although a home grown champion continued to elude the Canadian Open, the PGA Tour tournament could boast carbon neutral status for a seventh consecutive year.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Amenities key to promoting occupant well-being
Health and wellness-promoting amenities are no longer just nice-to-have perks in sustainable office buildings — increasingly, employees are demanding them.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
A smart business case for GHG reduction
Smart buildings offer the best hope to reduce carbon effectively, reduce energy costs and provide good return on investment.
REMI Network
Winners of 2017 Ontario Green Health Care Awards announced
The winners of the 2017 Ontario Green Health Care Awards were announced on Tuesday. Award recipients were determined by selecting the top performing facilities from
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Mississauga tests the waters with solar panels
The City of Mississauga is testing the waters with solar panels as a supplemental heat source for its busiest — and highest utility-consuming — outdoor pool this summer.
Canadian Property Management
Costs of dismantling cap and trade queried
Several prominent business leaders and professionals are expressing disappointment, and projecting billions of dollars in direct losses and forgone economic development.
Canadian Property Management
Canadians earn plaudits for 2017-18 ASHRAE term
The Society's annual conference offered a slate of technical seminars, while attendees also celebrated the year's achievements and ushered in the new executive officers for 2018-19.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
A New Age for Sustainable Projects
Industry trends point to a renewed focus on sustainable projects in development, both to the benefit of owner budgets and tenant comfort.
Canadian Property Management
Climate risk serves up shocks and stressors
Measures to avoid or minimize flood damage and prepare for long-term power outages now rank among the most cost-effective design decisions and capital investments that building owners/managers can make.
REMI Network
Sustainability achievements honoured at LEAP Awards
HOOPP paid homage to those on its Canadian real estate portfolio for excellence in sustainability, energy performance and technology innovation.
REMI Network
BOMA Quebec launches Building Energy Challenge
BOMA Quebec has announced the launch of a competition aimed at reducing the energy consumption and GHG emissions of buildings in the province.
Canadian Property Management
Carbon pricing hailed as a boost to retrofits
Dismantling Ontario's cap-and-trade system would be a setback for the commercial real estate sector and the many trades and professions it employs, one of its prominent industry organizations maintains.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Toronto redeploys funds to multi-res landlords
Unused funds originally earmarked for energy retrofits in single-family housing will be transferred to a more popular program for the multi-residential sector.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
New architecture school brings lessons to life
Students of Canada’s newest architecture school won’t have to venture far to see lessons from the classroom come to life. The latest addition to Laurentian
Canadian Property Management
Green certified office space no rarity in Canada
On a square footage basis, more than 50 per cent of the commercial inventory in Vancouver and Toronto now boasts LEED or BOMA BEST status.
Canadian Property Management
Commercial buildings stuck at GHG status quo
Canadian commercial buildings registered the same 40-megatonne output of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2016 as in 2005.
