Green Products & Technologies
Canadian Property Management
Inside the Zero Carbon Building Standard
The CaGBC is working to spearhead the next evolution of green building with the launch of its Zero Carbon Building Standard.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Better infection prevention needed in schools
Infection prevention and control, while taken seriously in healthcare settings, isn’t always a priority in educational facilities.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Keeping the urban forest green
Besides providing shelter and shade, the urban forest offer environmental, economic and social benefits so it’s important to take care of them.
Canadian Property Management
Colliers International moves into brand new HQ
Colliers International just moved more than 220 employees into its sprawling new headquarters in downtown Toronto.
Canadian Property Management
Montreal building first vertical smart community
A new $200-million hotel-office-condo-multifamily development officially broke ground in downtown Montreal last week.
Canadian Property Management
Research challenges current green roof standards
Flooding is giving rise to new research on how green roof performance metrics can better manage water capacity.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Utility savings fund Saskatoon hospital upgrades
After completing significant hospital upgrades last year, Royal University Hospital is now doubling the expected savings from energy improvements.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
How to prolong the lifespan of lighting systems
Along with the direct energy savings that LEDs offer, facilities are also realizing cost savings by prolonging their lighting system through best practices.
Canadian Property Management
Retail leader buckles down on EV range anxiety
CF's national electric vehicle charging program will add 45 networked chargers at 15 shopping centres, helping to ease range anxiety and ramp up EV sales.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Trends in high-pressure laminate surfacing
High-pressure laminate is a practical yet stylish surfacing material, and new breakthroughs in resin technology add functional features.
Canadian Property Management
Net positive energy office set to rise in Waterloo
In Waterloo, Ontario, workers are installing wells for a geo-exchange system that will heat and cool a new net positive energy office development.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
A healthy case for maintaining synthetic grass
New plant-based innovations in synthetic grass respond to changing forces in the market like changing weather patterns and wellbeing.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Evergreen targets carbon neutrality with retrofit
Evergreen is targeting carbon neutrality in the retrofit of its heritage-designated kiln building at Toronto’s Brick Works site.
Canadian Property Management
Pursuing WELL at CBRE’s new office in North York
CBRE now has four out of the ten WELL-registered projects in Canada: one in Vancouver and three in the GTA, including the Toronto North office.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Rogers Place scores green, sets stadium standard
Opening a brand new facility is no easy feat, especially one like Rogers Place, the first LEED Silver-certified NHL facility in Canada.
Canadian Property Management
Changing market challenges property managers
A recent PM Expo seminar elaborated on changing market conditions and how they will affect future property managers in an increasingly technical field.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Living walls cultivate air quality and wellbeing
Living walls are becoming increasingly popular in retail, institutional, office and residential interior spaces, and for good reason.
