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Net-zero emissions

Prized office tenant steps up green demands

Canadian Property Management

Prized office tenant steps up green demands

Ottawa landlords are contemplating a list of new expectations from a prized office tenant following recently announced updates to the federal government’s green operations strategy.
clean

Construction Business

$5.2M funding boosts B.C. clean technology

The Government of Canada has announced $5.2 million to boost the B.C. clean technology sector.
Capacity building sought for code ambitions

Canadian Property Management

Capacity building sought for code ambitions

Businesses and stakeholder organizations are eligible for the capacity building stream of the Canadian government’s newly announced Codes Acceleration Fund.
embodied carbon

Canadian Property Management

Emissions reduction agenda up for discussion

Newly released discussion paper sets out proposed action areas for cutting about 38 megatonnes of greenhouse gas output from Canada’s building inventory within the next eight years.
Fossil-fuel-fired power plants place on notice

Canadian Property Management

Fossil-fuel-fired power plants placed on notice

Utilities and other entities selling power into public transmission and distribution networks have about 12 years to cut the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from their production processes down to near-zero levels.
embodied carbon

Canadian Property Management

New executive role steers Hines’ carbon strategy

Michael Izzo will be tasked with steering efforts to reduce operational and embodied carbon across more than 138 million square feet of assets under management, valued at approximately USD $83.6 billion.
emissions accountability

Construction Business

Canada passes net-zero emissions accountability bill

The Canadian government has officially passed The Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act (Bill C-12). It marks the first time a Canadian government has legislated emissions
Consultation eyes innovative housing production

Canadian Property Management

Status quo stymies innovative retrofit options

Prevailing approaches for incentivizing, financing and implementing retrofit projects deemed unlikely to propel the existing building inventory to net-zero emissions by 2050.