Water Efficiency

Water next up for environmental data standards

Construction Business

Global accelerator to advance B.C. cleantech firm

Kelowna-based company chosen for the 2023 cohort of the Imagine H2O accelerator program, gaining access to a worldwide network of business development advisors and potential investors.
drought

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Drought, water conservation, and water efficiency

According to The Canadian Drought Monitor, droughts are a “creeping phenomenon.” They are “difficult to define and measure, slow to develop, continuous, cumulative, and long-lasting.
water efficiency

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

ASHRAE & IAPMO unite on water efficiency document

The document will combine ASHRAE's and IAPMO’s respective standards to offer complimentary guidance and references.
Low-cost flood insurance program in the works

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Code recognition urged for rainwater harvesting

Expressly stated requirements for rainwater harvesting should simplify protocol for attaining permits and would align with the National Plumbing Code's water efficiency objective.

Construction Business

Built Green partnership brings WERS to Canada

Built Green Canada has partnered with the Green Builder Coalition to bring performance-based water efficiency to Canada through WERS.

Canadian Property Management

End of era results released for BOMA BEST v2

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

REMI Network

Google’s Kitchener office earns LEED v4

Google’s new office in the Breithaupt Block, a redeveloped historic building in the warehouse district of downtown Kitchener, Ontario, has earned LEED v4 Silver for

REMI Network

Ice technology intends to change industrial cleaning industry

An innovative ice technology developed by a company in B.C. aims to change the industrial cleaning industry.

REMI Network

Ontario enacts energy and water reporting reg

Ontario has now enacted its energy and water reporting and benchmarking regulation to help large buildings cut down on greenhouse gas emissions.

Building Strategies & Sustainability

Water efficiency gains high-performance profile

ASHRAE considers some tweaks to the standard for high-performance green building design at its 10-year milestone.

Building Strategies & Sustainability

Water efficiency has flow-through cost savings

Cooling towers and irrigation add to summertime water demand, while many Canadian municipalities have implemented multi-year annual rate increases to help fund needed upgrades to aging infrastructure.

REMI Network

California water use restrictions spur rebates

Beverly Hills is among the jurisdictions that must meet more stringent state-imposed conservation targets due to their previous profligate water use records.