Article - Canadian Property Management Magazine - REMI Network

Summary

EPiCS is an immersive studio launched by BOMA Canada to promote decarbonization and energy efficiency through virtual reality simulations, digital twins, and 3D case studies for building operators, trades workers, and students. The free facility in Toronto offers four learning modules addressing existing building commissioning, building performance, retrofit planning, and skilled trades for cleantech projects.

Tags

decarbonization · immersive-technology · building-systems · cleantech · virtual-reality · energy-efficiency · workforce-development

Key entities

Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) Canada (organization, 0.99) · BOMA Toronto (organization, 0.95) · BOMA Ottawa (organization, 0.95) · Susan Allen (person, 0.92) · Dean Karakasis (person, 0.92) · EPiCS (Enspire Potential Immersive Cleantech Studio) (technology, 0.99) · virtual reality simulations (technology, 0.95) · digital twins (technology, 0.95) · deep retrofit accelerator initiative (concept, 0.9) · Toronto (location, 0.99) · King West district (location, 0.92) · Toronto Metropolitan University (organization, 0.9) · University of Toronto (organization, 0.9) · Humber College (organization, 0.9) · greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction (concept, 0.92)

Classification

reference · language en · status final

Provenance

claude-haiku-4-5 via @stacklist/be@0.1.0, confidence 0.85, 24 Jun 2026

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