Facility management professionals are preparing action plans in light of potential tariff impacts and sharing how the situation is creating unity within the sector.

Cancellation of the consumer carbon price comes with the Canadian government’s affirmation that other incentives for reducing GHG emissions from buildings will remain in place.

The U.S.-imposed tariffs on Canadian goods and Ottawa’s retaliatory measures will impact facility management across North America.

Selecting the lowest carbon-emitting products across a building’s material portfolio could reduce emissions by more than one-third, according to new global findings.

The global population of humans living to 100 and older is predicted to increase to nearly 3.7 million by 2050, but current institutions and policies are unprepared for this growing life expectancy.

Regulators in Canada and the United States are out of sync in banning the R-410A refrigerant that’s currently a mainstay of variable refrigerant flow (VRF) heat pump systems.

As healthcare facilities increasingly focus on patient safety and infection prevention, effective water management has become a critical aspect of medical device processing.

The 2021 discovery of unmarked graves at the site of the former Kamloops Indian residential school both shocked Canadians and confirmed what the evidence had already made obvious.

New water use initiatives from the Canadian government and the Open Standards Consortium for Real Estate (OSCRE) have been unveiled for public input over the course of summer 2024.

Ottawa landlords are contemplating a list of new expectations from a prized office tenant following recently announced updates to the federal government’s green operations strategy.

Being actively disengaged at work is equivalent to or worse than being unemployed when it comes to well-being.

For Canada to meet its target of building 5.1 million homes in the next twelve years, a concerted focus on labour and innovation is required.

The United Nations Environment Assembly adopted a resolution on March 2, 2022, to end plastic pollution by 2040.

The deadline for Canadian businesses to file their first annual report on supply chain transparency is fast approaching.

Federally-regulated organizations will need to prioritize specific actions that advance accessibility and disability inclusion by 2040.

Once complete, it will serve as an inspiration for others pursuing deep retrofits of existing buildings, an endeavour that offers the most hope for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Halifax.

Library and Archives Canada’s new preservation storage facility opened as the first net-zero carbon archival centre in the Americas,