Sustainable Development
Design Quarterly
Is Passive House a panacea for the environment?
Interest in the Passive House standard has increased significantly in the last two to three years throughout North America and especially in Western Canada.
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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.
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Net zero facility to become teaching tool
The Joyce Centre for Partnership & Innovation is poised to become a teaching tool for current and future building professionals alike.
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Montreal building first vertical smart community
A new $200-million hotel-office-condo-multifamily development officially broke ground in downtown Montreal last week.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Existing asbestos stockpile raises concerns
Although Canada is finally banning asbestos-containing products for good by 2018, the government hasn’t yet clarified issues related to existing asbestos.
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Research challenges current green roof standards
Flooding is giving rise to new research on how green roof performance metrics can better manage water capacity.
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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.
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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.
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How e-commerce is shaping GTA warehouses
GTA warehouse space is getting a makeover as consumer populations grow, flagging potential for more fulfillment centres closer to downtown Toronto.
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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.
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.
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Top 14 stories to watch in 2017
Last year, the commercial real estate industry faced a number of diverse challenges and successes that are expected to develop throughout 2017. Here, REMI’s award-winning
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A primer for real estate investment decisions
Climate volatility, energy costs and a growing backlog of required capital expenditure are projected to drive real estate investment decisions in the near and long term.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Facilities slack in averting bird collisions
Preventing avian collisions in urban settings may not be a maintenance priority, but municipal bird-friendly standards are only going to get tougher.
Construction Business
Low scores in infrastructure benchmark debut
The inaugural Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark assessment for infrastructure reveals that the asset class generally lags real estate's offerings of environmental, social and governance evidence for investors.
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Industry sees promise in low-impact communities
Industry proponents of sustainability are looking beyond buildings and thinking on a larger scale with low-impact communities.
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Former Blackberry plant now Factory Square
Sometime this fall, a former Blackberry manufacturing plant turned light-infused office building will open its doors to companies in a Waterloo, Ontario area branded as