Water Efficiency
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Stop leaks and over-consumption
Errol Small and Trisha Glazer from WatrTekPro Inc. share expert tips and insights to help property managers improve water efficiencies.
Construction Business
Global accelerator to advance B.C. cleantech firm
Kelowna-based company chosen for the 2023 cohort of the Imagine H2O accelerator program, gaining access to a worldwide network of business development advisors and potential investors.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Drought, water conservation, and water efficiency
According to The Canadian Drought Monitor, droughts are a “creeping phenomenon.” They are “difficult to define and measure, slow to develop, continuous, cumulative, and long-lasting.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
ASHRAE & IAPMO unite on water efficiency document
The document will combine ASHRAE's and IAPMO’s respective standards to offer complimentary guidance and references.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Code recognition urged for rainwater harvesting
Expressly stated requirements for rainwater harvesting should simplify protocol for attaining permits and would align with the National Plumbing Code's water efficiency objective.
Construction Business
Built Green partnership brings WERS to Canada
Built Green Canada has partnered with the Green Builder Coalition to bring performance-based water efficiency to Canada through WERS.
Canadian Property Management
End of era results released for BOMA BEST v2
Slightly more than 52 per cent of participating buildings achieved a score of a least 70 per cent for a silver or higher certification.
REMI Network
Google’s Kitchener office earns LEED v4
Google’s new office in the Breithaupt Block, a redeveloped historic building in the warehouse district of downtown Kitchener, Ontario, has earned LEED v4 Silver for
REMI Network
Ice technology intends to change industrial cleaning industry
An innovative ice technology developed by a company in B.C. aims to change the industrial cleaning industry.
REMI Network
Ontario enacts energy and water reporting reg
Ontario has now enacted its energy and water reporting and benchmarking regulation to help large buildings cut down on greenhouse gas emissions.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Water efficiency gains high-performance profile
ASHRAE considers some tweaks to the standard for high-performance green building design at its 10-year milestone.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Water efficiency has flow-through cost savings
Cooling towers and irrigation add to summertime water demand, while many Canadian municipalities have implemented multi-year annual rate increases to help fund needed upgrades to aging infrastructure.
REMI Network
California water use restrictions spur rebates
Beverly Hills is among the jurisdictions that must meet more stringent state-imposed conservation targets due to their previous profligate water use records.