Sustainability
REMI Network
Communities win grants for urban forestry
Twenty-two communities across Canada have recently won $300,000 in grants to grow and create urban green spaces. With funding from the 2015 TD Green Streets
Design Quarterly
Designing for an aging population
With an aging population, health and wellness in the design process is becoming increasingly important. The built environment (private or public) can have significant impacts
REMI Network
P.E.I. to implement oil recycling program
A used oil and glycol recycling program similar to oil product programs in provinces across Canada will soon be implemented in Prince Edward Island (PEI). Janice
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Bridgepoint is T.O.’s first LEED silver hospital
Bridgepoint Hospital (Bridgepoint) in Toronto, Ont. recently became the first hospital in the city to receive a LEED silver certification from the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC). Finished in 2013, the purpose-built hospital provides rehabilitative care and health care for individuals living with complex health conditions.
REMI Network
Six Cadillac Fairview towers earn LEED status
Six Cadillac Fairview office towers in Vancouver, B.C. have received LEED certification, including five at the Gold level. “Our tenants want greener, more cost effective
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Ontario contemplates carbon pricing
Carbon pricing schemes could have varying impact on real estate depending on the measure chosen.
REMI Network
T.O. purpose-built office is LEED Platinum first
The Elementary Teacher’s Federation of Ontario (ETFO) building earned LEED Platinum certification, making it the first purpose-built structure in Toronto to attain the status.
REMI Network
Hamilton joins Suzuki’s Blue Dot campaign
Hamilton is the first municipality in Ontario to pass a declaration for environmental protection, joining 22 other cities across Canada as part of the David
REMI Network
Man. zoo showcases geothermal energy system
Manitoba unveiled a renewable district geothermal energy system as part of a polar bear exhibit at the Assiniboine Park Zoo. The Assiniboine Park Conservancy (APC)
REMI Network
Ontario clean-tech projects gets $26.8-mil boost
The Canadian government is investing more than $26.8 million in advanced clean technology projects developed in Ontario. The investment from Sustainable Development Technology Canada’s (SDTC)
REMI Network
Toronto wins 2015 Ontario Wood Award
The City of Toronto was recognized with a 2015 Ontario Wood Award for repurposing city trees and promoting local wood products and urban forestry services.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Landscape Architecture degree offered in Calgary
As of September 2015, the University of Calgary will offer a Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) degree program through the Faculty of Environmental Design (EVDS). The program will be the first of its kind in Canada since 1980 and the only one in Alberta.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Why consider doing a building water audit
Canada is in the enviable position of being “water-rich,” according to a July 2013 Frasier Institute study. In 2011, it had the fourth-largest supply of
REMI Network
Toronto most sustainable city in North America
Toronto is the most sustainable city in North America and ranks 12th globally—ahead of other big urban centres like New York and Chicago, but behind
REMI Network
Solar rooftop project to be Ontario’s largest
Construction will soon commence on Ontario’s largest commercial solar energy rooftop portfolio ever installed. Enerdynamic Hybrid Technologies Corp (EHT) said it will complete 143
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Government building earns LEED Platinum
The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) recently designated a seven-storey provincial government building in Peterborough, Ont. as LEED Platinum in the Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance (EBOM) category. The facility is Canada’s first government building to receive the status.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Something new under the sun in Kimberley B.C.
Off Highway 95A, between the Purcell and Rocky Mountains, where the sun shines more than 300 days of the year, lies Kimberley, British Columbia, population



