Wrapping up a 25 year tenure with the Building Owners and Managers Association of British Columbia, soon-to-retire president, Paul LaBranche, characteristically looks through the lens of his organization's strategic plan to assess what he has accomplished.

The new BOMA Canada initiative recognizes buildings that have achieved outstanding or drastically improved energy performance.

Slightly more than 52 per cent of participating buildings achieved a score of a least 70 per cent for a silver or higher certification.

Student volunteers from the University of Winnipeg helped sort and weigh all the garbage, recycling and compost for the triannual waste audit.

Lethbridge College’s Trades Technologies Renewal and Innovation Project (TTRIP) received top honours at the Prairie Wood Design Awards in the institutional building category.

The City of Kitchener has created a sustainability office and named Claire Bennett as its first sustainability officer.

Plans for the 260-acre site are aligned with the Norwegian government's commitment to shift to a low-carbon economy.

The Toronto distribution centre for Cintas, a business supplies provider, became Canada’s second facility to earn TRUE Zero Waste certification last fall.

Ontario-based companies and organizations will have until May 7, 2018 to submit their concepts to the newly announced GreenON Challenge.

EllisDon has been selected to provide construction management services for the CORE Program at Vancouver International Airport.

There are now several options that help facilities proactively address issues related to forgotten and ignored waste areas.

Anesthetics commonly used in medical, dental and veterinary surgery have global warming potential ranging from 130 to 2,540 times greater than carbon dioxide, but are largely overlooked when greenhouse gas emissions are officially tallied.

A new study released by Schneider Electric finds that most organizations feel prepared for a decentralized, decarbonized and digitized future, but many of those companies

Industry trends point to a renewed focus on sustainable projects in development, both to the benefit of owner budgets and tenant comfort.

A new program is offering employers, commercial building owners and managers incentives to install electric vehicle charging stations at workplaces in Ontario.

Ontario is investing $64 million this year in the Hospital Energy Efficiency Program, which will help hospitals save energy and encourage the use of more renewable energy technologies.

Ottawa and Calgary are two current Canadian examples where pressure is mounting to abandon major arenas still far from the end of their structural life cycles and build anew.