TAF in the Media

‘Quite a transformation’: Why this Toronto Community Housing green retrofit is coming with unexpected benefits for residents

7/2022 - TORONTO STAR - TCHC’s mission to retrofit every unit in the city will bring unexpected benefits for residents, including AC, starting at Bathurst and Eglinton.

Heat pumps – cutting costs while cooling tenants

7/2022 - THE GLOBE AND MAIL - The low-carbon HVAC system provides both heating and cooling to an apartment and uses a maximum of a third of the electricity of baseboards heaters.

Breaking ground on a climate-friendly way to heat and cool homes in Toronto

7/2022 - TVO -“It’s really critical that we get all new developments to net-zero or near-zero as soon as possible. Low-carbon district energy is one way to address that challenge,” says Bryan Purcell.

Methane Emissions Far Exceed Reported Levels as Ontario Plans Gas Ramp-Up

5/2022 - THE ENERGY MIX - Almost none of the methane leakage that happens during extraction and transmission is counted in our inventories or any other reporting.

For 2 years, climate resources shifted in COVID-19. Now, cities like Hamilton look to get on track

4/2022 - CBC HAMILTON - In Hamilton, groups like EH and Hamilton 350 say that over the past two years, the city has fallen behind on its plans to combat climate change — and it's time to get on track

Forty-two electric vehicle charging stations to be built across Durham using federal funds

4/2022 - DURHAM RADIO NEWS - Durham Region will be partnering with TAF to promote EV charging. TAF will be offering rebates of up to 50 per cent for municipalities, parking authorities, non-profits, residential buildings and other groups to construct new charging stations.

If you rely only on public chargers, it’s tough to own an EV

3/2022 - THE GLOBE AND MAIL - TAF has recently received $2-million from Natural Resources Canada to install about 300 chargers, and expects a big chunk of that will go toward installing chargers on residential streets as well as near multi-unit residential buildings (MURBs).

New federal Clean Fuel Standard headed in the wrong direction

3/2022 - NATIONAL OBSERVER - If Canada's Clean Fuel Standard is to deliver climate and cleantech investment successes, it needs a higher ambition and tighter rules.

Ontario’s plan to sell ‘clean energy’ credits doesn’t wash with environmental groups

3/2022 - CBC- Bryan Purcell says the government's clean energy credits proposal has fundamental flaws that undermine any environmental benefit.

Honda confirms plan to switch Ontario plant to hybrid vehicles

3/2022 - GLOBAL NEWS- The federal and provincial government are investing $130M each in updating Ontario’s Honda plat to produce hybrid-EVs.

$500M boost for ArcelorMittal Dofasco secures future steel jobs for Hamilton, province says

2/2022 - CBC- Ontario's quest to replace coal-fed coke ovens and blast furnaces with new, low-emission technology got a major boost on Tuesday, with the province contributing up to $500 million in loan and grant support to Hamilton's ArcelorMittal Dofasco plant.

Toronto’s flagging electric-vehicle project given a jolt as council adds more on-street chargers

2/2022 - TORONTO STAR -“We urgently need a reliable and convenient network of on-street charging across Toronto to help speed up adoption of EVs,” Ian Klesmer, strategy and grants director at TAF