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Assembly Holding Corporation Secures $5 million Credit Facility from PaceZero Capital Partners to Advance Modular Housing Projects across the Greater Toronto Area

10/2025 - PaceZero Capital Partners have provided Assembly Corp. with a $5 million credit facility. TAF, an early investor in Assembly, guaranteed the loan due to the significant emissions reduction impact of Assembly's building approach.

TAF and global partners invest in Kite Mobility to scale electric mobility sharing in multi-family buildings

10/2025 - TAF made its second investment in Kite Mobility, joining global partners Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and Enlightened Building Technologies, to support the shift toward electric mobility in multi-family buildings.

Powering change: The underrated impact of DER programs in Ontario

10/2025 - Pat Ronan spotlights the local utilities leading pilots and programs with potential to transform the grid reliably and affordably.

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Investing in housing for the future

10/2025 - Farrah Chan explores how Build Canada Homes, a new federal initiative, can help to address both the housing and climate crises.

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The Atmospheric Fund congratulates City of Toronto and Toronto Hydro on Furnace Upgrade Program

9/2025 - Bryan Purcell, VP Policy and Programs, reacts to City of Toronto and Toronto Hydro's furnace upgrade program.

Surviving the heat: What this summer taught us about urban design

9/2025 - Taric Somani explains how designing with resilience reduces grid strain, improves air quality, and protects public health, especially for vulnerable communities.

Outdated zoning bylaws: stuck in the Twilight Zone while climate tech moves forward

8/2025 - Outdated zoning bylaws fail to accommodate low-carbon solutions such as heat pumps, EV charging stations, and rooftop solar, writes Diviya Leonard, but modernizing these policies offers a significant opportunity for cities to realign priorities and fast-track climate action.

Protecting housing affordability in BEPS policy

8/2025 - A review of the best practices and existing policies to protect affordability in Toronto's Building Emissions Performance Standards.

Is the workforce ready for a growing retrofit industry?

8/2025 - Organizations are leading the way to develop the green building workforce ahead of new building policies like Toronto’s emerging Building Emissions Performance Standards.

Less risk, more reward: Investing in cleantech delivers both

8/2025 - Cleantech markets may appear precarious due to economic stresses, tariffs and trade tensions, writes Kristian Knibutat, VP Impacting Investing, but the energy transition is coming, and early investors will benefit from staying the course.

U.S. policy shifts shouldn’t destabilize Canada’s environmental regulations

8/2025 - Samia Anwer, Climate Policy Coordinator, writes that Canada must decouple its regulatory direction from the United States.

Virtual net-metering is a win for industry. It could be a win for everyone

8/2025 - Ontario's latest Corporate Power Purchase Agreement is a good step towards a more modern and responsive electricity system, writes Taric Somani, Clean Electrification Junior Analyst, but expanding it to other customers and clean technologies would spread the benefits further.