Retrofit
Construction Business
BC Retrofit Accelerator targets decarbonization
The Zero Emissions Innovation Centre (ZEIC) has launched the BC Retrofit Accelerator (BCRA), aimed at decarbonization.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
REMI Network
CaGBC launches initiative to encourage data transparency
According to CaGBC public energy disclosure is in its "infancy" in Canada.