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Inspection season starts this month
Date
5 May 2022
In the coming months, a property-inspection firm hired by the Agency will be reaching out to some coops to set up a time for an inspection. Each year, a sub-set of Agency clients welcomes an inspector to conduct a visual inspection of their property.
If your routine inspection was scheduled for
Easy Ways to Make Your Co-op More Energy Efficient
Date
27 July 2022
Interested in improving energy efficiency in your co-op? Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) outlines the benefits: cost-effectiveness, comfortable, healthy living conditions and care for the environment. While Natural Resources is thinking about private housing, co-ops can use many of the tips on
Energy Benchmarking: The First Step towards Energy Savings
Date
25 January 2023
What is energy benchmarking for buildings?
Natural Resources Canada (NRCAN)’s Energy benchmarking: the basics describes it as “the ongoing review of your organization’s energy consumption to determine if your building’s energy performance is getting better or worse.”
NRCAN notes that energy
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Client Compliance
In 2008, 70% of Agency clients met every term of their CMHC operating agreement. Now 80% do. And compliance failures, great and small, are also fewer.