The Atmospheric Fund invests in Assembly Corp to support rapid supply of low-carbon, prefabricated homes2/2024 - The Atmospheric Fund (TAF) is pleased to announce a $1,250,000 investment in Assembly Corp., a growing Toronto-based company that creates modular, prefabricated mass timber housing.
Climate and health organizations welcome new federal electric vehicle standards12/2023 - TAF and health advocates welcome Canada’s new Electric Vehicle (EV) Availability Standard, announced today by Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault.
Request for Proposals12/2023 - TAF is seeking a qualified consultant to help design a turnkey local solar and storage program in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.
The Atmospheric Fund applauds the Town of Halton Hills’ clean energy leadership12/2023 - Bryan Purcell, VP Policy and Programs, The Atmospheric Fund (TAF) made the following statement in response to the Town of Halton Hills’ rejection of a gas plant expansion.
‘Solutions are right in front of us.’ Rising GTHA carbon emissions show need to halt all new fossil fuel infrastructure11/2023 - Carbon emissions in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) increased by 4 million tonnes, or 8% in 2022, the sharpest increase since 2015, the Atmospheric Fund (TAF) reported today.
The Atmospheric Fund calls on Ottawa to create $250 million annual EV infrastructure support fund8/2023 - ELECTRIC AUTONOMY - The Atmospheric Fund has 75 signatories for its letter requesting government assistance for multi-unit residential buildings.
TAF Newsletter: June 20236/2023 - This edition includes two stories of how condos can take the lead on building decarbonization, from the rooftop to the parking garage. We’ll give you what’s new for Ontario’s electricity grid and introduce new team members at TAF.
Canadian cities embrace a more climate-friendly form of cooling6/2023 - NATIONAL OBSERVER - “By 2025 Toronto Green Standard will be strong enough to ensure most new buildings have heat pumps. For existing buildings and repairs, there’s no such policy requirement, but we want to see heat pumps everywhere possible,” Bryan Purcell
Finding pathways out of Ontario’s hydro and climate mess5/2023 - POLICY OPTIONS: New ground has been broken in thinking about electricity systems, but there needs to be transparent and accountable planning for implementation.
Toronto city council voted against more gas-plant production. The province is making it happen anyway5/2023 - TORONTO STAR: “The pace that electricity sector emissions are rising is going to offset a lot of the gains made elsewhere. We’re a little further behind every year," says Bryan Purcell.
How a downtown Toronto condo defied the odds to save energy and money5/2023 - TORONTO STAR: “This particular project, we were interested right off the bat because of the emission reduction potential for sure, but also because of this particular use of technology: A drop-in replacement for a chiller really has the potential to scale and we wanted to do what we could to make sure the project was a success,” said Keith Burrows, TAF's Director of Low-Carbon Buildings.
Putting high-rises on a low-carbon diet5/2023 - GLOBE AND MAIL: Policy paper published last year by U of T, City of Toronto, The Atmospheric Fund and Mantle Developments calls for the regulation of embodied carbon as well as the development of standardized ways of measuring these emissions.