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Buildings Canada is a world-class construction, building and real estate network comprised of the most established and reputable industry experts. Our advanced portal provides access to educational webinars and videos; latest news and market trends; conferences, exhibitions and workshops; and innovative products and services. All in one place, at your convenience.
Avoiding Decarbonization Pitfalls for Existing Buildings & Realizing True Cost Savings
Decarbonization is the biggest challenge facing the Canadian Building industry. Reducing GHG emissions emanating from the production of construction materials and maintaining existing buildings will mitigate future climate impacts whilst ensuring retrofit buildings satisfy their basic design purpose. BUILDEX Connects Webinar Series is delighted to present “Avoiding Common Decarbonization Pitfalls for Existing Buildings and Realizing True Cost Savings” which will take place on March 14th, 2024, at 12:00pm PT (1:00pm MT). Join our speakers and learn from their insights into the process of evaluating buildings for climate resiliency and occupant health and wellness, and how best to incorporate these considerations in your decarbonization strategy.
Best Practices in Reviewing Your Rooftop for Fall Hazards
Join Skyline Group & Buildings Canada Wednesday, March 20th, 2024 at 1:00pm ET for a complimentary webinar, Best Practices in Reviewing Your Rooftop for Fall Hazards. In this webinar, safety experts will provide participants with best practices in creating safe elevated work areas. Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of the importance of elevated safety in such work areas, stay informed about trends impacting the emergence of new hazards, navigate safety requirements and regulations affecting their businesses, and explore strategies for identifying and eliminating potential hazards at roof access points. Most importantly, this webinar will equip participants with the knowledge to self-assess their elevated working environments for potential hazards and match them with compliant safety solutions.
Green Building, ESG, and Sustainable Finance: Complementary Tools for Market Transformation
Join Greenbuild for our newest webinar, Green Building, ESG, and Sustainable Finance: Complementary Tools for Market Transformation, taking place March 20th, from 1:00pm-2:00pm ET.
This session will explore the impact and evolution of these market shaping tools. Our speakers will provide an overview of data on the impact of ESG benchmarking on real estate over the last decade and changes in expectations for buildings certifications, as well as describe how LEED v5 will meet and exceed these expectations, while continuing to raise the bar on leadership is the design and operation of property around the world.
Property Management: Now & In the Future
The outlook for the property management industry is positive for the foreseeable future. Developers in Canada are building new apartments and condos at historically high rates. According to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, (CMHC) apartment construction – whether purpose-built rental or condominiums – continued to grow in importance across Canada’s 6 largest centres. However, this shift towards rental properties and condos has revealed a critical shortage in qualified property managers who can handle the increased work load. Industry professionals and associations are now warning of a “property management crises” in Canada. In its latest whitepaper, Buildings Canada is exploring what the property management landscape looks like today, and what the future holds for the profession.
Featured Content
The Latest Data on Development Applications and Soaring Building Heights
In this informative webinar, UrbanToronto presents the latest data on development applications and real estate planning in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). UrbanToronto will share insights from its annual report on development applications, highlighting key trends and changes in the GTA's rapidly evolving real estate market.
Net Zero Ventilation: Achieving Net Zero Goals While Maintaining Healthy Spaces
You can now watch, Net Zero Ventilation: Achieving Net Zero Goals While Maintaining Healthy Spaces for insightful perspectives discussing how performance-based indoor air quality design and energy recovery ventilation can be used together as the basis for net zero ventilation design approaches.
Creating Healthier and More Sustainable Buildings: From Assessment to Certification
Sponsored by Honeywell, we'll explore how we interact with, use, and think of buildings in the future. Now more than ever, there is a need to create healthier built environments that deliver on both improving occupant wellness and supporting sustainability goals.