Author: FM College Admin

The concept of the smart building can still seem out of reach for many FMs. Contemplating this ‘bleeding edge’ terminology for the ageing buildings across most estates, and it appears both expensive and complex. We need to reset our view. A building is smart providing it contains appropriate levels of monitoring, control, and visibility of…

It’s been a big year for the clean energy transition. The energy crisis has both made the transition more urgent and complicated, as inflation and supply chain disruptions are changing the economic equation for new projects. Meanwhile, clean energy target dates are sneaking up, as policy is aligning to (hopefully, eventually) make the transition cheaper…

  The substantial business presence at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, where governments focused on public finance to address loss and damage, showed how climate has become a mainstream business concern. Key outcomes suggest that an energy transition — from a fossil-based economy to a low-carbon or decarbonized world — is inevitable and that climate justice…

In today’s condo market, inflation and its impact on condo fees is a hot topic. As we come to the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, condos are facing new economic pressures. With consumer inflation impacting costs today, and construction inflation impacting both short-term and long-term capital project costs, many condos are asking: what are some…

  The pandemic has prompted a widespread reevaluation of the workplace across industries, but some members of Ontario’s condo sector have long foreseen shifts that are necessary to improve a property manager’s working conditions and ease the labour shortage that is expected to hit a crisis level. There are now fewer experienced managers for boards…

While some of the more stringent cleaning routines have dissipated gradually in recent months, many changes implemented during the pandemic have remained. “People used to have fairly basic expectations of cleaning such as ‘has my bin been emptied or has the soap been refilled?’,” says Peter Whyte, Divisional Director of Soft Services at JLL company,…