Technical Reports
Technical reports will help identify your buildings’ current issues and help you meet your capital requirements efficiently and effectively.
How well are your co-op buildings equipped to meet your needs today and in the long-term? Taking a close look at the current status of your buildings will provide a start to the answers.
Knowing what repairs and replacements need to happen, and when, is critical for the co-op’s financial health and sustainability in the long run.
CHF Canada can help your co-op find qualified professionals to –
- evaluate the current condition of your buildings
- provide recommendations that will lower your energy costs
- help renovate your co-op to accommodate older members, and aging in accessibility standards
- assess your buildings to understand how to address the any issues properly
Energy and Environmental Audits
Energy costs continue to rise, and reducing our carbon footprint is a greater need. Finding cost-effective ways to reduce energy costs can free up money now and into the future. At CHF Canada, we can help connect your co-op to the experts who can determine where your best energy-saving opportunities are and which programs are available to help you pay for the upgrades.
An Energy Audit Report will assess your buildings and energy systems’ performance, recommend energy and water efficiency upgrades, determine costs to implement and calculated potential energy savings. This will help your co-op offset project costs and become more energy- and cost-efficient and environmentally sustainable.
Aging In Place and Accessibility Studies
Statistics show that seniors are the fastest-growing age group in Canada. We need to make our communities more adaptable to aging members and members with disabilities.
An Aging in Place report will help co-ops identify accessibility issues and recommend modifications to improve accessibility in compliance with AODA guidelines. CHF Canada can help you get a professional report to assist in planning and implementing unit modifications and accessible adaptations in your buildings.
Other Technical Reports
Procurement of specialized building reports such as building envelope studies, designated substance surveys, and indoor air quality can be important in understanding issues and costs related to your co-op buildings. Working with our partners, CHF Canada can help you obtain the specialized reports you need to understand what your buildings need and address the issues properly.
Obtaining and updating technical reports is important, and engineers offer several different kinds of assessment services. Your co-op may require other reports specific to your needs involving
CHF Canada can assist you in procuring the right kind of technical reports.
For more information, please contact Ofelia Guanlao at oguanlao@chfcanada.coop.