HH Angus is proud to announce that we have once again been recognized as one of Canada's Best Managed Companies, marking our eighth consecutive year receiving this prestigious designation. 

Now in our 107th year in business, this achievement reflects more than strong business performance. It speaks to the leadership, resilience, adaptability, and shared commitment that continue to guide HH Angus as we grow, evolve, and service our clients in an increasingly complex environment.

Canada’s Best Managed Companies is one of the country’s leading business awards programs recognizing privately owned Canadian organizations that demonstrate excellence in strategy, capability, innovation, culture, financial performance, and sustained growth.

For HH Angus, this recognition is a reflection of the way we work: collaboratively, thoughtfully, and with a long-term view. It recognizes the strength of our management practices, the dedication of our teams, and our ongoing focus on delivering dependable, innovative, and technically strong solutions for our clients.

It is also a testament to the culture our people have built together. Across the firm, our employees bring expertise, creativity, accountability, and care to everything they do.  

Paul Keenan, President of HH Angus noted: "Being named one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies for the eighth consecutive year is a reflection of the dedication, talent, and integrity of our people. This recognition speaks to the strength of our leadership, the resilience of our business, the rigour of our management processes, and a deep commitment to delivering value to our clients. As we plan for the future, we remain focused on innovation, collaboration, and growth."

As we mark more than a century in business, we are proud to continue building on a legacy of resourceful, resilient, and forward-looking leadership. This recognition reinforces our commitment to strengthening the firm for the opportunities and challenges ahead.

We are honoured to stand alongside other leading Canadian companies that are setting the standard for business excellence.

 

HH Angus est fière d’annoncer qu’elle a été reconnue une fois de plus comme l’une des sociétés les mieux gérées au Canada, ce qui marque notre huitième année consécutive à recevoir cette prestigieuse désignation.

Cette réussite, qui s’inscrit dans notre 107e année d’activité, est le reflet d’une performance commerciale plus que solide. Cela témoigne du leadership, de la résilience, de la capacité d’adaptation et de l’engagement commun qui continuent de guider HH Angus alors que nous grandissons, évoluons et servons nos clients dans un environnement de plus en plus complexe.

Le concours des sociétés les mieux gérées au Canada est l’un des principaux programmes de récompenses d’entreprise du pays. Il reconnaît les organisations canadiennes privées qui font preuve d’excellence en matière de stratégie, de capacités, d’innovation, de culture et de performances financières, et qui connaissent une croissance durable.

Pour HH Angus, cette reconnaissance est le reflet de la manière dont nous travaillons : en collaboration, de manière réfléchie et avec une vision à long terme. Elle témoigne de la qualité de nos pratiques de gestion, du dévouement de nos équipes et de notre engagement constant à fournir à nos clients des solutions fiables, innovantes et techniquement solides.

Elle témoigne également de la culture que nos collaborateurs ont su bâtir ensemble. Au sein de l’entreprise, nos employés font preuve d’expertise, de créativité, de responsabilité et d’attention dans tout ce qu’ils entreprennent. 

Paul Keenan, président de HH Angus, a fait remarquer : «Le fait d’être nommée l’une des sociétés les mieux gérées au Canada pour la huitième année consécutive est le reflet du dévouement, du talent et de l’intégrité de notre personnel. Cette reconnaissance témoigne de la force de notre leadership, de la résilience de nos activités, de la rigueur de nos processus de gestion et d’un engagement profond à apporter de la valeur à nos clients. Alors que nous planifions l’avenir, nous restons concentrés sur l’innovation, la collaboration et la croissance.»

Alors que nous célébrons plus d’un siècle d’activité, nous sommes fiers de continuer à nous appuyer sur un héritage de leadership ingénieux, résilient et tourné vers l’avenir. Cette reconnaissance renforce notre engagement à renforcer l’entreprise afin d’être prêts à relever les défis et à saisir les occasions qui se présenteront.

Nous sommes honorés de figurer aux côtés d’autres grandes entreprises canadiennes qui font figure de référence en matière d’excellence commerciale.

 
 

This week, Nick Stark and Ryan Kennedy are at the ASHRAE Conference in Chicago to share insights from one of Canada’s most ambitious healthcare projects.

Their session, “Building Resilient and Net-Zero Hospitals for the Future: A Spotlight on the Cowichan District Hospital Replacement Project,” explores how this landmark facility is redefining what sustainable, resilient, and inclusive healthcare design looks like.

As Canada’s first hospital to be certified ‘Zero Carbon Building - Design Standard’ by the CaGBC — and British Columbia’s first fully electric hospital — Cowichan is setting a new national benchmark. Beyond energy performance, it embeds Indigenous representation, pandemic preparedness, and patient-centred design into every layer of planning.

Delivered through an alliance procurement model, the project proves what’s possible when collaboration and innovation align — blending engineering, architecture, and cultural insight to create a hospital ready for the future.

We’re proud to be part of this movement toward net-zero healthcare infrastructure and the engineering solutions that will make it real.

 

CELEBRATING SUSTAINABILITY

Climate
Impact
Report

2025

Why We’re Doing This

Our vision is to expand what is possible, together, for a better future.

“We’re working to build a better, more sustainable business from the inside. Our climate action isn’t just about carbon, it’s about reducing waste, improving efficiency, and creating long-term value for our people and operations.” Paul Keenan, President

This report underscores our commitment to controlling our broader climate emissions impact as we publish this data and work to reduce our carbon footprint as a company.

Our Target

After calculating our 2023 emissions baseline, we set a target to reduce 2024 emissions by 5% per category per employee. We’re proud to report a 7.4% reduction was achieved.

How did we
do in 2024?

Here’s a breakdown of our
emissions by category:

HH Angus Corporate Initiatives

To achieve our goal, we considered a wide range of initiatives—some have been implemented, while others are still in progress.

Tracking Progress

Follow GHG Protocol¹ (WRI / WBCSD) for emissions tracking

Internal report: 2023 baseline completed

Public climate report: planned for 2025

¹ ghgprotocol.org

Donating Equipment

Retired computer equipment is donated to local charities and partners (implemented, active, and ongoing)

Smarter Buying
& Tech Use

Extend hardware lifespan and reduce shipments (planned /ongoing effort)

Smarter Business Travel

Preferred hotel list with lower emissions (planned)

Green Uber ridesharing policy (electric/hybrid vehicles) (planned)

Evaluate purchasing carbon offsets for flights (under review)

More Efficient Offices

Negotiate energy disclosures in office leases (planned)

Staff Social Events

Tree planting with Tree Canada

Park clean-up events in Toronto

Recycling, tree planting, and energy-saving events/ Vancouver

Litter clean-up in Montreal

Our Work

We’re proud to support our clients in delivering high-performance, sustainable buildings. Here are a few highlights of recent green achievements:

Cowichan
District Hospital

Certified as a Zero Carbon Building – Design Standard

The Co-operators
Head Office

Certified as a Zero Carbon Building – Design Standard

TD Centre
Toronto

The complex is LEED Gold certified overall, with at least one tower achieving LEED Platinum

For a copy of the complete Climate Report, please contact us.

“Azure’s International AZ Awards recognize excellence and innovation in architecture and design, and celebrate the world’s best projects, products and ideas.”

This international design competition annually selects winners in the categories of design, architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, experiential graphic design, interiors, concepts, student work and social good/environmental leadership. The 2022 awards saw Toronto’s Mirvish Village redevelopment project winning in the Urban Design Vision category. Click here to read more about the Mirvish Village AZ Award.

Award-winning Redevelopment

Mirvish Village is rising on the site of ‘Honest Ed’s,’ a much-loved discount store that was at the heart of Toronto’s Mirvish Village neighbourhood for almost 70 years. The redevelopment is currently under construction and spans 4.5 acres, creating nearly 1 million ft2 of purpose-built rental housing and retail space.

Mirvish Village has a focus on sustainability and affordability. To achieve this, the redevelopment is incorporating a district energy system and micro-grid that will offer a resilient means of thermal energy, power, and emergency power, enabling the project to meet LEED platinum and the City of Toronto’s Tier 2 Toronto Green Standard requirements. 

HH Angus’ Role

Our Energy Division team worked closely with Creative Energy Developments to provide mechanical and electrical engineering services for the Village’s central utility plant, which includes a combined heat and power plant (CHP), a boiler plant, and a cooling plant. The CHP plant includes an 800 KW generator set with auxiliaries and heat recovery system. The generator is expected to run continuously to provide power to the complex.

Heat recovery consists of two systems: high temperature to provide heat to buildings, and low temperature to provide additional heating for a winter snow melting system and swimming pool heating. The boiler plant includes four condensing hot water boilers, with the option for two additional boilers in future. All boilers have an output of 3.1 MW.

The cooling plant includes two water-cooled chillers, operating at 1200 tons each. One is a magnetic bearing chiller with variable frequency drive (VFD), and the other is a centrifugal chiller with VFD. As well, two rooftop cooling towers at 1200 tons each have been installed. 

Central distribution piping from the plant will provide hot water and chilled water to multiple energy transfer stations, with heating, cooling, and domestic hot water heat exchanges for each building within the complex.

A photo-voltaic solar system will have a capacity of 103KW, 480V. HH Angus provided direction for locating the installation, coordinated with the PV supplier for modeling the panel direction and angle for optimal PV output, developed technical connection requirements with Toronto Hydro, and identified requirements for parallel generation with the central utility plant. Our scope also included developing thermal and electrical metering strategies within a microgrid system, and design of operation for gas-fired emergency generators in electrical peak shaving mode.

Rendering courtesy of Westbank Corp

 

Mirvish Village - AZ Awards | AZ Awards (azuremagazine.com)

“By addressing occupant well-being, energy and greenhouse gas reductions and decarbonization targets, the AEC industry can bring existing buildings into the future.”

Akira Jones’ keynote address kicked off a recent panel discussion on Smart Buildings: Now and Tomorrow, from Canadian Consulting Engineers (CCE).

According to Akira, Director of Digital Services at HH Angus: “Understanding the intersection of technology and the built environment to deliver better business outcomes and performance will be instrumental for engineers, architects, contractors, integrators and other professionals in the architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) industry to be successful. This understanding presents a fantastic opportunity for owners to leverage technology to modernize their buildings and assets. By addressing occupant well-being, energy and greenhouse gas reductions and decarbonization targets, the AEC industry can bring existing buildings into the future.”

The CCE event provided attendees with a forum for information, knowledge and practical advice on making the buildings, facilities and structures they design more economical for owners and safer and more functional for occupants.

The panel spotlighted key aspects of creating and managing smart buildings in a variety of settings including office, institutional, mixed use, industrial and retail. The discussion focused on topics such as: Emissions, Energy Efficiency & Sustainability, IoT, Security, Life Safety and Buildings/Construction ROI when it comes to issues pertaining to utility/energy management, security and emergency response.

For a video of the keynote address, click here.

To see the full panel of speakers, click here.

Akira Jones, P.Eng., LEED AP
Akira is Director of HH Angus’ Digital Services team, which specializes in BIM processes and software, 3-D scanning and Scan-to-BIM, the Internet of Things (IoT), digital twinning and Amazon Web Services cloud consulting. He is also a Mechanical Engineer with well over a decade of experience in the AEC industry.