ASHRAE Paper Summertime Overheating in Multi-Residential Buildings10/2016 - Many older multi-residential buildings in Toronto suffer from overheating in the summer. TAF’s Ekaterina Tzekova, Bryan Purcell and others examine…
Geo Outlook Magazine TAF Article Heat Pumps6/2016 - In order to reach Ontario’s climate targets, we need to drastically reduce emissions from heating and cooling our buildings. This…
Ground Water Canada Magazine TAF Article Heat Pumps4/2016 - Buildings are a major source of Canada’s carbon emissions, especially in urban areas. An innovative heating and cooling technology called…
ASHRAE Paper Pre-Retrofit Resident Comfort in Multi-Residential Buildings2/2016 - Post-war multi-unit residential buildings in Toronto region often provide poor resident comfort due to overheating and excess moisture, TAF research…
Pumping Energy Savings Market Characterization Study Web1/2016 - Heat pumps are a highly efficient heating and cooling technology that could significantly reduce carbon emissions in electrically heated buildings.…
Joint Submission Federal Building Energy Efficiency Policy 20161/2016 - Requesting “a bold national action plan for energy efficient buildings”, the Canadian Energy Efficiency Alliance, Pembina Institute, and TAF sent…
Backgrounder Efficiency Capital Corporation1/2015 - This background document outlines the importance of Efficiency Capital Corporation (EC), a for-profit, energy efficiency-focused investment company which TAF incubated.…
Low-Carbon Policy Priorities1/2015 - This TAF report identifies best practices in low-carbon policy advocacy as well as a selection of high impact policy opportunities…
Global Heat Pump Performance Review1/2015 - This report offers a global performance review for heat pump technology. It compares current research findings with an emphasis on…
TAF Report EnergyXchange Urban Heat Exchange Systems1/2015 - This TAF report, with the support of the Donner Foundation, summarizes the results of several TAF-supported research, analysis and communications…
Building Value Federal Energy Efficiency Policy Options1/2015 - TAF’s Building Value initiative facilitated the exchange of knowledge and best practices in the area of building energy efficiency policy…
ESPA Brochure1/2015 - To make it easier for building operators to access capital for energy efficiency retrofits, TAF created an innovative, non-debt financing…