The Mass Exodus
As building occupation lowered in response to COVID-19, opportunities for building retrofitting and maintenance are on the rise. By / Jessica Kirby en français Working from home is a lot like blue cheese dressing, trigonometry, […]
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Forward thinking for a brighter future
By / par Jessica Kirby> Strategic planning: A concept that brightens the day for some people and darkens the brows of others. For large corporations, strategic planning is a complex machine with many moving parts; […]
High Stakes Excellence: PARQ Casino
Project Volume and Scope Demand Collaboration By / par Jessica KirbyPhotos by /par Shurfit Products PARQ Casino is a six-storey casino next to BC Place in downtown Vancouver that includes gaming space in the main […]
Women in Trades: The future of labour is here
Geneveive Noel is a mechanical insulator at Val-mers isolation in Quebec. She has been in the industry about five years, including a year at trade school. She’d never heard of the mechanical insulation trade until […]
Insulation Energy Appraisal Program: A Year in Review
The Insulation Energy Appraisal Program (IEAP) was presented by National Insulation Association (NIA) at TIAC’s annual conference in Toronto last year, and is set to bring the popular course back to Canada this fall. Participants […]
Benchmarking and the Road to Efficiency
In 2017, Ontario broke ground in the energy conservation arena by enacting Canada’s first provincial-scale mandatory benchmarking program for large buildings. Ontario Regulation 20/17 “Ontario’s Large Building Energy and Water Reporting and Benchmarking (EWRB) Requirement,” […]