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CECRA now closed to new applicants
With the August 31 deadline for first-time applications for Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (CECRA) now passed, the three-month program that evolved into five months of relief is closed to new recipients.
Reopening the workplace amid COVID-19 fears
Collaborative spaces will take on new importance as flexibility remains a key factor moving forward when reinventing and reopening the workplace.
Details of CECRA program rollout still emerging
The CECRA program is voluntary. Not all eligible landlords will necessarily take advantage of this program for various reasons.
Gen Z friendly cities foster a rising cohort
The study assesses and scores 110 prominent international cities on 22 indicators deemed to support and/or influence the age cohort born between 1997 and 2012.
Canada advances HFC phase-down
Impending environmental regulations will push the Canadian and American real estate industries toward cooling and insulation options with lower global warming potential.
The case for load testing standby generators
Period load testing may be costly, but leaving a facility in the dark is costlier. An expert explains how to fix generator problems before outages occur.
Expanding the frontiers of universal design
Universal design encompasses much more than physical accessibility, as three Interior Designers of Canada members recently explained in a panel discussion.
Lighting efficiency on the agenda for 2014
A previously postponed phase-out of incandescent light bulbs is set to go in most Canadian provinces in 2014.
Caution afoot
Engineering and life safety specialists are currently examining stairwell concerns in preparation for possible new or revised rules that would be introduced in the 2015 National Building Code.
Employers enlisted to prompt workers’ savings
Quebec’s voluntary retirement savings plans (VRSPs) to capture workers not formally enrolled in company pension or group retirement savings plans.
Saying goodbye to T12 fluorescents
Since the first Canadian energy efficiency regulation that phased out a handful of inefficient general service fluorescent lamps (GSFL) was introduced in 1995, there has been steady progress in the availability of more efficient lighting solutions ...