In healthcare facilities, where sterile aesthetics replace trees, plants and flowers, nature-based interventions can support the well-being of patients and staff who spend much of their time indoors.

1 day ago · Ontario’s energy efficiency budget has been recharged with a pledged 12-year, $10.9-billion spending strategy that significantly boosts funding for commercial, industrial, institutional and residential electricity customers. Ottawa-based CLV Group embraces office-to-residential conversions to ...

Jan 13, 2025 · Ontario’s energy efficiency budget has been recharged with a pledged 12-year, $10.9-billion spending strategy, including the resumption of incentives for residential electricity customers that were largely cancelled when the current provincial government took office. A new three-year program cycle, beginning this month, also significantly boosts the funds available for commercial, industrial ...

5 days ago · Canada, Ontario, and the City of Toronto have pledged a combined $975 million to accelerate Waterfront Toronto’s revitalization. The plan aims to create over 14,000 homes, including affordable rentals at Quayside and Ookwemin Minising; it also expects to generate 100,000 skilled trades jobs and add $13.2 billion to the economy. “As never before, cities are competing to attract investment ...

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Jan 16, 2025 · Resilience and energy/water efficiency are projected to remain highly relevant for commercial real estate in the United States, while some other concepts linked to ESG are tapped to lose momentum. Regulators in Canada and the United States are out of sync in banning the R-410A refrigerant that’s ...

4 days ago · Commercial HVAC controls are expected to return a sizable reduction in Ontario’s peak electricity loads for a relatively small injection of funding. A newly released breakdown of the budget and savings targets for the 2025-2027 electricity demand side management (eDSM) framework confirms that $26 ...

Combined spending on office, industrial and retail construction projects dropped below 2022 levels in the U.S. last year, but still surpassed the five-year average for the period since 2019.

Dec 11, 2024 · Artificial intelligence (AI) is proving useful for teaching old dogs new tricks in the existing buildings sector. Energy management and decarbonization specialists speaking at The Buildings Show in Toronto last week highlighted some AI applications that can be effective ahead of comprehensive retrofits, to find and deliver energy savings and emissions reductions while legacy HVAC and building ...

Jan 6, 2025 · Justin Trudeau has resigned as the leader of the Liberal Party after nearly a decade of serving as Canada’s prime minister. The announcement comes after weeks of mounting pressure for him to step aside ahead of the next federal election in an attempt by the Liberal Party to more effectively compete against Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives.