REMI

Conservation Measures

energy conservation Bondi

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Energy conservation in multi-unit buildings

As evidence grows about the impacts of fuel-burning on climate change, more multi-unit property owners are turning to innovative energy conservation measures like fuel switching.
Indigenous

REMI Network

Indigenous values key for climate crisis response

Greater understanding of the human implications of climate change has shifted the narrative for future generations.
BOMA Canada

Canadian Property Management

BOMA Canada awards industry’s best for 2024

The Building Owners and Managers Association of Canada presented its national awards on September 25, 2024.
urban analytics

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Tapping into the power of urban analytics

For apartment developers, urban analytics can guide better decision-making, ensuring high-density living spaces are healthy, sustainable and desirable.
New water use initiatives afloat in summer 2024

Canadian Property Management

New water use initiatives afloat in summer 2024

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.
New green buildings strategy mostly a rehash

Canadian Property Management

New green buildings strategy mostly a rehash

The Canadian government’s newly released green buildings strategy contains little that is actually new for commercial real estate or public sector facilities.
plastic

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Plastic chemicals face growing scrutiny

The United Nations Environment Assembly adopted a resolution on March 2, 2022, to end plastic pollution by 2040.
Buildings sector pulls back on GHG accelerator

Canadian Property Management

Buildings sector pulls back on GHG throttle

Greenhouse gas emissions from Canada’s buildings sector indicated improvement in 2022 in keeping with the general results of the newly released national inventory report.
WELL

CondoBusiness

WELL evolves into residential communities

Minto Communities is the first developer in Canada to pilot the WELL for residential program, which sets out to create healthier homes.
Passive House

Canadian Facility Management & Design

A first Passive House retrofit in Halifax

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.
CRE fosters all-in approach to decarbonization

Canadian Property Management

CRE fosters all-in approach to decarbonization

Daunting net zero targets in the buildings sector are spurring an all-in approach to decarbonization that assigns roles to finance, engineering, management and operational teams.
Building electrification projects impart lessons

Canadian Property Management

Building electrification projects impart lessons

The business case for electrification works best when retrofits are synced with the end-of-life of existing mechanical equipment and/or asset repositioning plans
standard

Canadian Facility Management & Design

New standards for sustainable material use

A new set of standards defines minimum sustainability criteria for high-volume materials used in architecture and interior projects.
Centennial

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Reconciling through design at Centennial College

A look at the recently completed $112-million expansion project at Centennial College built on Indigenous values.
Global energy appetite eats up efficiency gains

Canadian Property Management

Global energy appetite eats up efficiency gains

The global buildings sector made some headway in curbing its energy appetite and output of greenhouse gas emissions last year, but is still off-pace to achieve the International Energy Agency's targets.
Energy savings trail Canada's 2030 targets

Canadian Property Management

Canada to pursue energy efficiency improvements

Canada has joined 44 other national governments, worldwide, in endorsing the International Energy Agency's push for a 4 per cent annual reduction in energy intensity by 2030
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Canadian Facility Management & Design

Archival preservation facility is a net-zero first

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