Sustainability

clean energy

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Using clean energy in your facility

As sustainability continues to be a growing priority for many business owners and facility managers, there are steps you can take to go with a
ESG

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

ESG and the commercial cleaning industry

More and more companies are looking for ways to increase their sustainability efforts, and commercial cleaners can help businesses reach their environmental, social, and governance
Climate change adaptation efforts unfolding

Canadian Property Management

Climate change adaptation efforts unfolding

Canada’s newly finalized climate change adaptation strategy sets out objectives and attaches mid- to near-term targets to bolster resilience in five key action areas.
water

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Washroom upgrades can help save water

As sustainability continues to become more important for businesses, looking for ways to cut back on your water use may help you get closer to
RTUs

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Should your cleaning include RTUs?

As important as it is for cleaners to use the proper practices and protocols for optimum sanitation, it’s vital that they get the math right
climate change

Construction Business

WSP named for $1.3B Edmonton CCUS project

WSP has been named as the owner's engineer for Heidelberg Materials’ Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) project in Edmonton.
Fredericton's Justice Building

REMI Network

Refurbishing Fredericton’s Justice Building

Fredericton’s Justice Building will be refurbished into the University of New Brunswick Faculty of Law.
sustainable cleaning

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Sustainable cleaning matters

Sustainable cleaning is on almost everyone’s minds as we continue to strive to lower our environmental impact. As we evolve from “green cleaning” to longer,
wood Sweden

Design Quarterly

World’s largest wood city planned in Sweden

The world's largest wood city will be built in Stockholm, Sweden with construction starting in 2025.
smart toilets

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Are smart toilets the way of the future?

As technology continues to evolve the commercial cleaning industry with innovation, where do smart toilets fit in? The smart toilet global market is predicted to
ESG metrics inform range of CRE stakeholders

Canadian Property Management

Range of CRE stakeholders demand ESG metrics

Canada’s leading commercial real estate players are increasingly turning to ESG metrics to track responsiveness to a range of emerging risks and business imperatives.
Net-zero labour strategy in the works

Construction Business

Net-zero labour strategy in the works

The Canadian government is moving to establish a promised sustainable jobs secretariat and associated advisory council, meant to guide a labour strategy for wide-scale decarbonization.
EV charger installations subsidized outside big Ontario cities

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

How EV chargers can help your business

Are you considering adding EV chargers to your outdoor maintenance plan? As the demand for sustainable practices continues to grow, many companies are looking for
Mass retrofit model set for low-rise trial

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Mass retrofit model set for low-rise trial

The Canadian government is seeking candidates to demonstrate aggregated deep energy retrofits across at least 100 units of low-rise social, community-based non-profit or cooperative housing.
USGBC bell-ringers signal green capital momentum

REMI Network

USGBC bell-ringers signal green capital momentum

The New York Stock Exchange recognized three decades of green building momentum across the United States and its capital markets as the U.S. Green Building Council opened the day’s trading on June 8.
commercial lighting

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Innovation in commercial lighting

What’s new in the world of lighting? As sustainability takes centre stage in the world of maintenance and management, commercial lighting has evolved to embrace
Built Green

Canadian Property Management

CAGBC commends 2023 roster of green influencers

The Canada Green Building Council has bestowed 2023 leadership awards to four individuals and a company at the forefront of adopting and driving sustainable policies, practices and products.