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Retrofit

Retrofit Accelerator

Construction Business

BC Retrofit Accelerator targets decarbonization

The Zero Emissions Innovation Centre (ZEIC) has launched the BC Retrofit Accelerator (BCRA), aimed at decarbonization.
RBC upgrading HVAC systems in bank branches

Canadian Facility Management & Design

RBC upgrading HVAC systems in bank branches

RBC plans to invest $35 million over three years to begin upgrading HVAC systems across its network of more than 1,200 retail bank branches in Canada.
Ontario seeks input on accessibility standards

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Ontario seeks input on accessibility standards

Provincially appointed committee examines the objectives and details of guidance and requirements under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and the Ontario Building Code.
Diefenbunker

REMI Network

Retrofit plans for historic Diefenbunker museum

The 100,000-square-foot underground cultural facility is known as Canada’s most significant Cold War artifact.
Funds pledged for community and federal assets

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Funds pledged for community and federal assets

The 2024 federal budget tops up funding for municipal and community-based public facilities, and announces planned spending on key assets in the government's own portfolio.
rick hansen

Canadian Facility Management & Design

New round of funding to improve accessibility

Qualifying recipients can receive up to $3 million to subsidize construction, renovation or retrofit projects that make way for more people with disabilities in community spaces and workplaces.
community

REMI Network

Unused Ontario school to become community hub

An fast-growing Ontario town will transform a former elementary school into a community centre for vulnerable residents, with a number of social services, including a
ashrae

Construction Business

SOFIAC to pursue decarbonization beyond Quebec

The newly national venture brings $185 million in seed capital for deep energy retrofits of commercial, industrial and multifamily buildings.
passive house

Design Quarterly

Ontario tower Passive House retrofit a world first

The Ken Soble Tower in Hamilton has become the world’s largest residential building retrofitted to the Passive House standard.
Sustainable finance quest spurs global alliance

Construction Business

Michael Brooks joins WGBC board of directors

Michael Brooks, chief executive officer of REALPAC, has been named to the board of directors of the World Green Building Council and will also serve as treasurer for 2021-22.
zero carbon

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Ottawa hockey facility a zero carbon first

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

Canadian Facility Management & Design

The future of green building is retrofit

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.
New ASHRAE headquarters intended to demonstrate achievable energy performance in older existing buildings

Canadian Property Management

ASHRAE unveils energy performance role model

The newly renovated and retrofitted 42-year-old office building is intended to embody the global society’s mandate to advance human well-being through sustainable technology in the built environment.
BC-sprinkler-requirements

Construction Business

Quebec postpones sprinkler requirement for private seniors’ homes

Owners of privately owned Quebec retirement homes will have an extra two years to retrofit their residences with sprinkler systems.

REMI Network

Humber College’s NX building achieves design certification

The retrofitted building will be one of the most energy efficient in North America.

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Canada invests $277M in Arthur Meighen Building

The project will transform the building into an energy efficient, low-carbon asset, cutting its annual greenhouse gas emissions by up to 80 per cent.
Canadian wood

REMI Network

CaGBC launches initiative to encourage data transparency

According to CaGBC public energy disclosure is in its "infancy" in Canada.