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Existing buildings sector limbering up with AI

Canadian Property Management

Existing buildings sector limbering up with AI

Artificial intelligence is proving useful for teaching old dogs new tricks in the existing buildings sector, finding energy savings and emissions reductions in advance of comprehensive retrofits.
maintenance

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Practicing preventative maintenance

An important part of building maintenance is creating a strategy to mitigate as many issues as you can ahead of time, protecting your budget, keeping
warehouse

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Deep cleaning your warehouse before winter comes

Spring cleaning gets a lot of attention but cleaning your warehouse and preparing for winter can save you time and money this season. Warehousing space
Sustainable proptech gaining momentum

Canadian Property Management

Sustainable proptech gaining momentum

An expanding roster of tech companies aligned with the sustainable and smart buildings market reflects growing demand from end-users and draws support from increasingly enthusiastic investors.
BIM

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

The role of BIM in enhancing facility management efficiency

BIM (Building Information Modelling) is well known for its application in the architecture, engineering, and construction sectors, however, this technology is making waves in other
project management

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Mastering project management in commercial cleaning and maintenance

As a new business owner or entrepreneur in the commercial cleaning and maintenance industry, you’re likely juggling multiple tasks and projects simultaneously. Effective project management
facility managers

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Today’s top challenges for facility managers

For facility managers, the job continues to evolve as priorities shift and recovery from post-pandemic conditions persists. From deferred budgets to sustainability to technology and
SOS issued for Ukraine's energy infrastructure

REMI Network

SOS issued for Ukraine’s energy infrastructure

Global leaders are calling for funds, equipment and hands-on technical expertise to help mend Ukraine’s besieged energy infrastructure ahead of winter.
Data centres deemed favoured investment assets

Canadian Property Management

Data centres draw investment interest

Surging need for connectivity to enable burgeoning technologies like AI and the smart electricity grid has positioned data centres to be favoured investment assets into the future.
Fastidious work lies ahead of AI advancement

Canadian Property Management

Fastidious work lies ahead of AI advancement

Early adopters and enthusiasts in the commercial real estate industry cite AI's possibilities for portfolio management, risk management, valuation and assessing investment performance.
Consultation eyes innovative housing production

CondoBusiness

Consultation eyes innovative housing production

The Canadian government is looking for input on how to scale up the pace and quantity of new housing production via innovative technologies and assembly practices,.
ASHRAE opens portal to data centre guidance

Canadian Facility Management & Design

ASHRAE opens portal to data centre guidance

ASHRAE has consolidated a range of technical guidance for the design and operations of data centres in a new special section of its website.
IBG

Construction Business

IBG launches library of low-rise building designs

Innovation Building Group (IBG) has launched IBG Designs, a new online platform that provides readily-available designs for multi-tenant buildings.
success

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Finding success as a small cleaning business

As labour shortages and high employee turnover persist, it can be a challenge to grow your commercial cleaning business. Competition is fierce, so managers need
Short-term rental registry stuck in manual

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Short-term rental registry stuck in manual

Toronto relies heavily on manual review processes for oversight of approximately 8,400 registrants currently approved to offer short-term rental accommodations in their principal residences.
OSCRE sets principles for AI in data management

Canadian Property Management

OSCRE sets principles for AI in data management

The Open Standards Consortium for Real Estate underscores AI's potential to advance data management capabilities, provided it is grounded in an ethical, standardized, industry-approved approach.
security

CondoBusiness

Legal case puts spotlight on condo security

In a recent case, a condominium found itself at the centre of a significant security challenge posed by a resident.