May 18, 2023 | Commercial Real Estate, Energy Efficiency, Sustainability
SHIFT team members recently attended the “ESG in CRE” course offered by REALPAC. Over three jam-packed days, we dug in deep on emerging trends in Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) in the commercial real estate (CRE) sector. Of course, there are those who...
Apr 11, 2023 | Commercial Real Estate, Energy Efficiency, Sustainability
CF’s iconic Toronto-Dominion Centre. (Courtesy Cadillac Fairview) Cadillac Fairview (CF) recently selected SHIFT Energy to implement our AI-powered energy intelligence platform to cut energy consumption and carbon emissions across ten Toronto-area buildings,...
Apr 4, 2023 | Energy Efficiency, Sustainability
A recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change highlighted, once again, the urgency to addressing greenhouse gas emissions. The average global temperature has risen faster since 1970 than any other prior period, and now stands 1.1...
Mar 29, 2023 | Energy Efficiency, SHIFT Energy, Sustainability
Healthcare is an energy intensive undertaking. Most hospitals operate 24/7, 365 days per year, with specific heating and cooling requirements for patient care, clinical procedures and more. That reality makes the healthcare system one of the largest emitters of CO2 in...
Mar 22, 2023 | Case Study, Energy Efficiency, Sustainability
The healthcare system is one of the largest CO2 emitters in the world, putting out GHGs at a rate 2.5 times higher than the commercial real estate sector. Add it up and it totals about 4.4 percent of global emissions. In the United States, emissions from healthcare...
Mar 15, 2023 | Energy Efficiency, Product Features, Sustainability
Many large buildings are managed by a Building Automation Systems (BAS) or Building Management Systems (BMS). These platforms have been around for decades, designed to help building operators manage various functions in their facilities. Most BAS systems...
