BOMA BEST Certification

Earn Up to 6 BOMA BEST Credits with Praderama

Canada's foremost environmental certification for commercial buildings rewards properties that integrate biodiversity and pollinator programs. Praderama's solutions contribute points across three distinct BOMA BEST categories.

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Up to 6 Points

Three Pathways to BOMA BEST Points

Praderama's bee hotels and nature based initiatives align with multiple BOMA BEST credit categories, providing your property with clear avenues toward certification across resilience, site ecology, and occupant wellness.

Resilience

Up to 2 Points
  • Climate adaptation strategies that strengthen your property's ecological capacity
  • Ecological resilience through native pollinator habitat that supports local ecosystem stability
  • Biodiversity integration planning that prepares buildings for evolving environmental conditions
  • Documented resilience outcomes with measurable ecological performance indicators

Site & Accessibility

Up to 2 Points
  • Site ecology enhancements that foster native plant and pollinator communities on your grounds
  • Green infrastructure elements including bee hotels, wildflower installations, and habitat corridors
  • Habitat creation initiatives that transform underused outdoor areas into productive ecosystems
  • Accessible nature features that connect occupants to the natural environment

Wellness

Up to 2 Points
  • Occupant wellness programming that uses nature engagement to promote mental and physical health
  • Biophilic design elements that bring natural features into daily building experiences
  • Nature access opportunities through rooftop gardens, pollinator viewing areas, and green spaces
  • Tenant satisfaction metrics linked to environmental quality and outdoor amenity use

What is BOMA BEST?

The most widely adopted environmental certification framework for commercial properties across Canada, setting the standard for building management excellence.

BOMA BEST stands as Canada's largest environmental evaluation and certification program designed specifically for existing commercial buildings. The framework assesses building performance across a comprehensive set of environmental criteria, recognizing properties that demonstrate outstanding management practices and operational efficiency.

What sets BOMA BEST apart is its focus on rewarding ongoing excellence rather than design intent alone. Properties are evaluated on real world outcomes, making it an ideal complement to Praderama's biodiversity programs, which deliver tangible, measurable results season after season.

With five distinct certification levels, BOMA BEST provides a progressive pathway for building owners and managers to continually elevate their environmental performance and showcase their commitment to responsible property stewardship.

Five Certification Levels

1
Certified
Foundational environmental management
2
Silver
Strong operational performance
3
Gold
Advanced sustainability practices
4
Platinum
Industry leading management standards
5
Diamond
Exceptional, top tier achievement

From Assessment to Certification

Our team manages every phase of the engagement, from your initial property evaluation through final documentation, ensuring your biodiversity program translates directly into verified BOMA BEST credits.

1

Evaluation & Planning

We review your property's current BOMA BEST standing, pinpoint the most accessible credit opportunities, and build a biodiversity plan tailored to maximize your point potential across all three categories.

2

Installation & Documentation

Our specialists deploy bee hotels and pollinator habitats while assembling the technical records, photography, and baseline data needed for your BOMA BEST submission.

3

Verification & Reporting

We compile all credit narratives and evidence packages, liaise with your BOMA BEST assessor, and provide ongoing monitoring reports to sustain your certification status.

Pollinator Programs Across a National Portfolio

Commercial Real Estate
Embedding pollinator initiatives into our building management strategy proved to be one of the most effective ways to demonstrate environmental leadership across our entire portfolio.

A major Canadian asset management firm with an extensive commercial portfolio spanning multiple provinces introduced bee programs as a core component of their sustainability strategy. By incorporating pollinator habitats and nature based tenant experiences at properties across the country, the organization leveraged BOMA BEST certification to quantify and communicate their ESG commitment to investors and stakeholders. The initiative produced verifiable biodiversity outcomes, contributed credits across resilience, site, and wellness categories, and established a replicable model for integrating ecological programming at portfolio scale.

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Portfolio Spanning Multiple Provinces
ESG
Leadership Demonstrated via BOMA BEST
Verified
Biodiversity Outcomes Across Properties

Everything You Need to Know About BOMA BEST

Answers to the questions property professionals most commonly ask when exploring BOMA BEST certification and how biodiversity programs contribute to their credits.

BOMA BEST is Canada's most widely adopted environmental certification program for commercial buildings. It guides building owners and managers toward responsible environmental management with practical, measurable outcomes across operational performance categories. The program is globally recognized and has a strong presence not only in Canada but also in the United States and internationally, making it a valuable credential for properties with cross-border ownership or investor bases.
The BOMA BEST website provides eligibility information and a starting point for the application process, including which property types are eligible and how the scoring system works. Our team can also walk you through the specific categories most relevant to your building type and help you identify where Praderama's programs will generate the greatest credit impact before you begin the formal application process.
Certified properties gain formal recognition as environmentally responsible buildings, often realize meaningful cost savings through the operational improvements the certification process encourages, and see higher tenant satisfaction and retention directly linked to the quality of their building management. The designation also carries increasing weight with investors and lenders who view BOMA BEST certification as evidence of strong asset stewardship.
Bee programs support BOMA BEST through environmentally sensitive site management, enhanced tenant engagement, broader sustainability awareness among building occupants, and documentation that formally recognizes the ecological character of the local environment. These contributions are recognized across the Resilience, Site and Accessibility, and Wellness credit categories within the BOMA BEST framework.
Native plant species integration, bee hotel installations, and wild bee habitats all qualify as environmentally sensitive site management strategies within the BOMA BEST Resilience and Site categories. Our team handles the installation, monitoring, and reporting needed to document these contributions in the format required for your BOMA BEST submission.
Our tenant engagement programming through educational workshops, locally harvested honey from your building's hives, communications and marketing materials, and our online occupant platform creates the kind of documented connection to place and nature that strengthens BOMA BEST Accessibility and Wellness standing. These programs produce the participation data and occupant feedback records your assessor will need.

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Let our team show you which credits your property qualifies for and how Praderama's biodiversity programs can accelerate your path to certification.