Dingy is a word that conjures thoughts of old institutional spaces. Academic buildings with dimly-lit hallways and windowless classrooms punctured with fluorescent glare. Rarely are

Indigenous communities across Canada continue to be sidelined or completely excluded from initial planning phases of new developments and renovations.

How AMPED Sports Lab and Ice Complex in Ottawa, Ontario, became the first Zero Carbon Building Performance Standard certified arena.

Facility managers are no longer viewed as a back-office function, but rather “a strategic instrument to attract and retain talent and create a great experience,”

When considering products with recycled content, pay attention to the types of recycled materials that are in them.

With the right market signals and incentives, Canada can create a retrofit economy now that would yield skilled jobs for the Canadian economy, operational savings from energy and carbon reduction and better, healthier buildings for Canadians.

In the age of COVID, it's also important to consider how chemical exposures influence our ability to fight disease.

The Edmonton Public Library recently revamped its flagship branch: the Stanley A. Milner Library.

The Royal Bank Plaza is now looking to entice a new generation of tenants—small- to medium-sized tech companies.

Facility management affects a significant component of total lifetime embodied carbon.

The zero carbon project marks an evolution in warehouses and, more broadly, the potential for a lower-emitting industrial sector.

One area where cohesive design is becoming increasingly important is residential healthcare, which encompasses memory care and mental health.

Sunnybrook Hospital has become the first healthcare facility in Toronto to welcome honeybees to its 100-acre property.

The facility brings together a multi-purpose satellite fire station, a live-fire training building, and a municipal emergency operations centre.

When planning retrofits or renovations for older schools, administrators have the chance to implement green, sustainable and high-performance design solutions.

The SFU Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering Building was a challenging project for Bird Construction, who delivered the project on time.

School buildings that are 40-plus years old or more have been shown to pose barriers to teaching and learning, says the U.S. National Center for