Matidor and Arup to partner on smart city management

BIZ  Energy  •  Technology  •  Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, International

Matidor and the global built environment consulting firm Arup Group Ltd. are partnering to help organizations with energy efficiency in smart city modeling.

Canada to help fund ISO 50001 building energy standard

BIZ  Energy  •  Industrial, Homes  •  National

The Canadian government is accepting proposals to financially support building projects that will adhere to stronger energy efficiency standards to lower greenhouse gas emissions.

Caisse, OMERS hit by shares crash in renewables firm

Real Estate  •  Globe and Mail

The crash in the share price of an Indian renewable power company has shaved hundreds of millions of dollars from the portfolios of two major Canadian pension funds.

Indigenous role in renewable energy continues to grow

Real Estate  •  Globe and Mail

On a sunny day last month, a group of about 30 people toured the Nanticoke Solar facility, a 44-megawatt project built on the former site of what was Ontario’s biggest coal-fired plant before it was decommissioned in 2013.

Canada lagging behind peers in ‘EV readiness’: EY study

Real Estate  •  Financial Post

Canada fell five spots in an index that rates how prepared nations are to bring electric vehicles (EV) into their economies, despite a notable increase in government efforts to develop the sector in the past year.

Ontario minister heads to Asia for EV, battery investment

Transportation  •  Electric Autonomy

Vic Fedeli, Ontario’s minister of economic development, job creation and trade is heading to Japan and South Korea this week to meet with key global automakers and battery manufacturers to further build the province’s evolving auto and electric vehicle sector.

Battery efficiencies help prevent destructive mining

Waste  •  The Energy Mix

The Rocky Mountain Institute is out with six solutions to help address concerns about demand for minerals like lithium that are key to the clean energy transition.

Provinces heading toward electricity shortage: report

Real Estate  •  Montreal Gazette

Quebec and other provinces in central and eastern Canada are heading toward a significant shortage of electricity to respond to the various needs of a transition to renewable energy.

Melbourne CBD tower takes $150M green overhaul

Real Estate  •  Commercial Real Estate

When NAB made the decision to quit a 1970s Melbourne CBD tower to move into a newer, more modern set of offices, the owners were determined to replace it with a much sleeker, up-to-the-minute block.

93% of U.S. adults say climate will affect real estate

Real Estate  •  Sustainable Brands

Three-in-five American adults say climate risks have already impacted their decision on where to live; but housing prices and cost of living are still bigger factors, according to a report from Anytime Estimate of 1,000 U.S. adults.

Commercial real estate tunes out anti-ESG noise

Real Estate  •  Commercial Observer

Though the environmental, social and governance (ESG) framework has been buffeted by criticism from the left and right political wings and criticism from key figures and media outlets, commercial real estate is staying firm on its ESG commitments.

Walmart reaches halfway to Project Gigaton

Carbon  •  Green Biz

Geothermal lagoon project planned near Quebec City

Real Estate  •  GeoEnergy

A $300 million tourist development including a lagoon heated by geothermal energy among other things and the construction of 300 rental units partly heated and air-conditioned by solar energy is taking shape 45 minutes from Quebec City.

$88.5M retention treatment basin slated for Windsor

Real Estate  •  Daily Commercial News

Multiple levels of government were on hand recently to announce construction of a new retention treatment basin for the Lou Romano Water Reclamation Plant in Windsor, Ont.

Canada’s clean energy standard can learn from Hawaii

Energy  •  CBC

Canada’s upcoming nationwide clean energy standard will play a pivotal role in the country’s goal of a net-zero electricity grid by 2035. A model of success Canada can look to is Hawaii.

Hawaii quits coal in bid to fight climate change

Real Estate  •  Globe and Mail

The last bits of ash and greenhouse gases from Hawaii’s only remaining coal-fired power plant slipped into the environment this week when the state’s dirtiest source of electricity burned its final pieces of fuel.

Europe plan for floating gas terminals raises climate fears

Real Estate  •  Daily Commercial News

Europe is turning to roughly 20 floating natural gas terminals as a short-term fix for natural gas supplies that once flowed from Russia. Yet, it has also raised alarm from scientists who fear the long-term consequences for the environment.

Heat dome roasts the U.S. West

Real Estate  •  Axios

An intense, sprawling heat dome is causing the most intense, long-lasting heat wave of the summer in parts of the U.S. West. It brings with it serious public health dangers, electric grid challenges and wildfire risks, officials warn.

Death Valley expected to break September record

Real Estate  •  Axios

Death Valley, one of the hottest places on Earth, may tie or break its all-time record for September this upcoming weekend — and possibly the planet’s.

Could Europe’s great rivers drying up be the new normal?

Social  •  Yale 360