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.
Canada’s Climate Goals Hinge On EV Charging, Advocates Say8/2023 - ENERGY MIX: TAF has launched a letter campaign urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to allocate $1 billion over four years in next year’s federal budget for equitable EV readiness in multi-residential buildings (MURBs) “to ensure the EV wave reaches across the population.”
This Uber driver made the switch to an EV and watched the profits roll in7/2023 - TORONTO STAR - Ian Klesmer responds to the need to reach tenants and drivers of taxis and ride shares with EV charging options.
From traffic to bad air, low-income groups face the worst of climate change in Toronto: experts6/2023 - CBC NEWS - Building retrofits can improve social housing comfort and health, says TAF's Keith Burrows.
Burlington to offer interest-free loans to 20 residents for heat pumps6/2023 - BURLINGTON TODAY - TAF's Amanda Burns provides a deputation at Burlington Council, supporting interest-free loans to install an air-source heat pump.
How hard is it to get EV charging stations into residential buildings?6/2023 - CBC NEWS - Ian Klesmer wants to see more funding to help condo boards and building owners figure out EV charging. When they do, it will be much more affordable & convenient to switch to an EV.
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.
Ontario wants new gas plants to boost the province’s electricity system5/2023 - "We're quite concerned about where Ontario's electric grid is going," says Bryan Purcell.