Sustainability
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Nova Scotia to launch net-zero resource hub
The new Building to Zero Exchange (BTZx) has an agenda to help nurture retrofit expertise and connect property and facilities managers to a range of services for pursuing decarbonization.
Construction Business
Building for a climate resilient future
The new Windermere Fire Station 31 in Edmonton was built with sustainability and climate resilience top of mind.
Canadian Property Management
Final test precedes LEED v5 O+M 2024 launch
LEED v5 is nearing final form, with the updated rating system for existing buildings operations and maintenance (O+M) undergoing final refinements ahead of a projected 2024 rollout.
Construction Business
CAGBC launches free low carbon training
The Canada Green Building Council (CAGBC) is launching a free Low Carbon Training Program in partnership with industry associations.
REMI Network
Great Gulf unveils newest active house in Ontario
An active house that sets new standards for indoor comfort, energy efficiency and sustainable building practices was recently on display in Bradford, Ontario.
Construction Business
CAGBC secures decarbonization training funds
The Canada Green Building Council is one of seven organizations to receive newly announced skills development funding, addressing labour demands tied to low-carbon economic drivers.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Pilot program to explore coastal adaptation
Demonstration projects along Canada's Atlantic, Pacific and Northern coasts and in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence river basin to take an integrated approach to climate change adaptation.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Understanding green cleaning labels for safety
Sustainability continues to be a hot topic in the commercial cleaning world, with products making claims from biodegradable to organic to eco-friendly. However, it can
Construction Business
First zero carbon office tower opens in Vancouver
The Stack in Vancouver, a landmark project by Oxford Properties, is the first high-rise commercial tower in North America built to zero carbon standards.
Canadian Property Management
Net zero spoilers embedded in behaviour traits
Professor Robert Gifford, a behavioural psychologist affiliated with University of Victoria’s School of Environmental Studies, tallies dozens of traits that could be undermining climate progress.
Canadian Property Management
Canada boasts resilient bases for CRE value
Abundant water resources and a low-carbon electricity grid are two key attributes earning Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and Winnipeg favourable ranking as resilient bases for commercial real estate.
Canadian Property Management
BOMA Canada launches net-zero learning pursuit
The first step in BOMA Canada's efforts to achieve net-zero operations, develop replicable guidance from the experience and promote best practices for carbon offsets begins with BOMEX 2023.
Canadian Property Management
Receptive climate for risk management brewing
New guidance for CRE investors and owners/managers highlights climate-related risks, recommended safeguard measures and key questions for gauging the preparedness of assets.
Construction Business
New BCIT construction dean appointed
BCIT has appointed Dr. Guido Wimmers as the new dean of the BCIT School of Construction and the Environment.
Construction Business
Lafarge achieves low-carbon cement plant
Lafarge Canada has achieved a major sustainability achievement at its Richmond cement plant.
Canadian Property Management
Global energy appetite eats up efficiency gains
The global buildings sector made some headway in curbing its energy appetite and output of greenhouse gas emissions last year, but is still off-pace to achieve the International Energy Agency's targets.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
CRE concerns attached to rebranded portfolios
Housing gets top billing in a newly renamed portfolio, while accessibility issues are now aligned with the Ministry of Diversity, Inclusion and Persons with Disabilities.
