Technology
Canadian Facility Management & Design
“Tech” company workplace design trends
The rise of the disruptive upstart has ushered in a second wave dotcom era, and it has implications for workplace design trends beyond the tech sector.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
BRE Innovation Park to accelerate sustainability
The BRE Innovation Park in Ontario will become a platform for the Canadian construction industry to demonstrate solutions to achieve low carbon buildings.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Industry inspired to lead low carbon revolution
Commercial real estate has the potential to create jobs and wealth if new technology infrastructure investment is prioritized.
REMI Network
CF shopping centres ‘upping their digital game’
CF shopping centres across Canada are ‘upping their digital game’ for the holidays with advanced guest services for an enhanced and connected shopping experience.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Technology and the modern tenant
The way we search, rent, and live in apartments is changing thanks to ground-breaking internet technology. Whether you're a tenant looking for a unit or a landlord trying to rent one, success begins online.
Canadian Property Management
Public safety network has spectrum but no funds
Canadian proponents have few committed resources to kick-start the proposed high-speed mobile public safety broadband network, whereas their American counterparts have been promised USD $7 billion (CAD $9.24 billion).
Canadian Property Management
IT lag identified in CRE investment reporting
A recent survey of 320 senior corporate real estate executives revealed a lag in spending on financial reporting and data management IT compared to the industry's investment in building technology.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Kitchener Public Library gets digital reboot
Kitchener Public Library’s $40-million renovation and expansion, completed in September 2014, responded to a new digital reality.
Construction Business
Technology set to change construction
With technology advancing faster than ever before, it’s no wonder the construction industry is starting to see rapid changes every year.
Construction Business
Boost business operations with the cloud
With technology more integral in construction operations than ever before, the cloud is a natural step for companies looking to save money, stay connected to remote sites, and improve business operations.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Do research before rolling out new facilities tools
The search for tech solutions that will address all priorities competing for limited capital has led some to put the technology “cart before the horse”.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Standard facilitates smart grid communication
The term "facility" broadly encompasses residential, multi-residential, industrial, commercial and institutional buildings, while the standard focuses on the common characteristics of energy loads interacting with the smart grid.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Three highlights of switching to LED fixtures
LED technology has become a simple, most cost-effective way to not only cut operating costs, but also measurably reduce environmental impact.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Systemic energy performance labels in progress
Building owners and operators are asked to submit data to help evaluate in-progress development of energy performance labels for pumps, fans and compressors, their motors and associated controls.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
International Year of Light radiates potential
UNESCO has proclaimed 2015 the International Year of Light to shine a beacon on scientific achievements, reflect on possibilities and promote a spectrum of related economic and sustainable development objectives
REMI Network
Energy use analysis tool informs industry targets
A new energy use analysis tool called ecoMetrics was unveiled at the Canada Green Building Council conference in Vancouver.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Heat gain from office equipment is overstated
New ASHRAE standard addresses heat gains and cooling needs from the ever-expanding array of office equipment found in commercial buildings.
