Unlock the Value of Efficient, Smart, and Healthy Buildings
As a building owner or developer, you are the key decision-maker driving all major building projects—and shaping what becomes business as usual. Your leadership, commitment, and allocation of resources are critical to advancing the performance and resilience of our built environment.
With more extreme weather events and increasingly stringent regulatory requirements on the horizon—combined with the ongoing challenge of affordability—delivering high-performance buildings is a logical goal, but often complicated by common barriers such as lack of end-user demand and high upfront costs. As an industry-led initiative, Frameworks is designed to help you navigate these challenges through industry capacity building, cross-sector collaboration, and expert connections to ensure your building projects are both technically feasible and financially rewarding.
Why Engage?
Strengthen Your Business Case & Expand Demand
Uncover and demonstrate the economic, operational, and human benefits of efficient, smart, and healthy buildings to accelerate adoption among end users and stakeholders.
Access Market-Driven Solutions & Maximize ROI
Connect with building science experts and industry stakeholders across the value chain to deliver high-performance buildings in ways that make technical and financial sense.
De-risk Your Investment
Gain early-stage planning support, market insights, and policy updates to confidently move forward with both new builds and deep retrofits—ensuring long-term asset value and resilience.
Explore Financing & Incentives
Tap into available funding, incentives, and partnerships with utilities, regulators, and financial institutions to ease the upfront cost of green building.
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Business Case
Discover why building green is good for business—and beyond. This focus area demonstrates the compelling case for investing in efficient, smart, and healthy buildings, highlighting benefits such as financial returns, climate resilience, occupant well-being, and market competitiveness.
Carbon Neutral Buildings
Reaching net-zero emissions is quickly becoming the new standard. This focus area introduces the foundational concepts and pathways for designing or retrofitting buildings to be carbon neutral—providing a solid starting point before diving into technologies or code specifics.
Case Studies
We’re building a library of real-world examples of Efficient, Smart, and Healthy buildings.
Case studies will be added on an ongoing basis—check back soon or sign up below to stay updated.
Certifications
Certifications can boost performance, marketability, and credibility. This focus area helps you understand and compare major systems like LEED, Passive House, and ENERGY STAR.
Codes & Compliance
Learn how to stay ahead of changing building codes and regulatory standards. This focus area provides key resources to navigate code updates, jurisdictional requirements, and best practices to prepare for a net-zero future.
Embodied Carbon
Often overlooked but increasingly critical, embodied carbon represents the emissions tied to materials and construction. This focus area introduces key concepts and tools for measuring and reducing embodied impact across a building’s life cycle.
Funding & Financing Resources
Looking to ease project costs? This section points you to trusted tools and databases—like incentive finders and government program lists—to help you discover grants, loans, and rebates that support low-carbon and high-efficiency building projects. We don’t offer funding ourselves, but we’ve curated starting points to simplify your search.
These public-facing tools and websites help you explore funding opportunities from all levels of government, utilities, and major energy companies across Canada. While not always exhaustive or frequently updated, they are a great place to start. Note: We don’t administer these programs, and availability can change. Always refer to the official program websites for the […]
Health, Resilience, & Risk Management
Buildings exist to serve people—and protecting their health, safety, and well-being is non-negotiable. This focus area highlights the essential role of the built environment in promoting occupant health, enhancing resilience to climate and systemic shocks, and managing a wide spectrum of risks — all core considerations in shaping Efficient, Smart, and Healthy buildings that are built to last.
Materials, Energy & Technology
Discover the systems, technologies, materials, and energy strategies driving low-carbon, high-performance buildings. This focus area features proven solutions, best practices, and emerging innovations that reduce emissions and enhance performance.
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We’re here to help make sustainability a strategic advantage for your business. Whether you’re planning your new project or scaling up your retrofit efforts, we’re ready to support you every step of the way.
Contact us and become part of a network that’s redefining the future of our built environment.