Financing

The Case for Deep Retrofits

9/2020 - September 2020. This report reviews the business case and financing options for deep retrofits in the multi-unit residential building sector,…

Co-investor Sheet

1/2020 - January 2020. TAF is a leader in impact investing. We specialize in demonstrating and accelerating the high investment quality of…

TAF’s Comments on the Expert Panel’s Interim Report on Sustainable Finance

1/2019 - January 2019. Government of Canada. Here are our insights and comments on the Expert Panel on Sustainable Finance (Environment and…

TAF comments on a Made-in-Ontario Climate Plan

11/2018 - November 2018. Government of Ontario. The Ontario government had an open consultation period for their new climate change plan, which…

Robert Cooke Co-op Case Study: A TowerWise Retrofit Project

7/2018 - July 2018. City of Toronto. Energy Efficiency Retrofit Saves $93,000, Exceeds Efficiency Targets by 169 per cent Using an innovative…

TAF comments on the City of Toronto’s Residential Energy Retrofit Program updates

5/2018 - May 2018. City of Toronto. Given that buildings are responsible for 53 per cent of Toronto’s carbon emissions, improving building…

Money on the table: Why investors miss out on the energy efficiency market

12/2017 - November 2017. Energy efficiency retrofits are profitable, yet investment levels are low in Canada. Energy efficiency improvements in buildings represent…

Getting More Bang for Ontario’s Energy Efficiency Bucks

8/2017 - August 2017. Government of Ontario. This brief presents the Minister of Finance with recommendations for how the Ontario Government can achieve…

Social Venture Development: Insights from the Incubation of Efficiency Capital Corporation

6/2017 - June 2017. In 2015, The Atmospheric Fund (TAF) incubated Efficiency Capital Corporation (ECC), a for-profit energy efficiency financing company over…

TAF Guide Energy Efficiency Financing Tools

1/2017 - March 2017. Financing tools that help building operators overcome the upfront cost retrofits are critical to help accelerate energy efficiency…

TAF Submission Ontario Green Bank

1/2017 - January 2017. Government of Ontario. A longstanding objective of TAF has been to help with the creation of Canada’s first…

Submission Federal Budget TAF Endowment Expansion

1/2016 - August 2016. Government of Canada. In addition to its successful pursuit of additional provincial endowment funding, TAF also reached out…