Heat Pumps

2025 Budget Recommendations for the Government of Ontario

1/2025 - January 2025. Government of Ontario. TAF made the following recommendations for the 2025 budget. Recommendation 1: Expand the Electric Vehicle…

Low Carbon Considerations for Maximum Temperature Bylaws

8/2024 - August 2024. City of Toronto. Addressing extreme heat exposure has become a priority for cities in the Greater Toronto and…

Home heating and hot water savings from midrise apartment retrofit

1/2024 - January 2024. City of Toronto. In April 2021, TAF joined project partners to retrofit a nine storey 1963 apartment building…

Scaling Heat Pump Retrofits through Aggregation and Bulk Procurement

4/2023 - April 2023. Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. TAF commissioned Dunsky Energy + Climate Advisors to conduct a bulk procurement study…

Heat Pumps Add Cooling for Toronto Community Housing Residents

4/2023 - April 2023. City of Toronto. In May of 2019, TAF joined project partners to retrofit a 1987 townhouse complex in…

Stepwise apartment retrofit for savings and comfort

3/2023 - March 2023. City of Mississauga. In August 2020, TAF’s Retrofit Accelerator team joined project partners to retrofit a 12-storey 1965…

2023 Federal Budget Recommendations

2/2023 - February 2023. Government of Canada. TAF submitted recommendations urging the federal government to investment in three key areas with potential…

Guide to Measurement and Verification of Heat Pump Retrofits

10/2022 - October 2022. Government of Ontario. Space heating represents the largest energy end use in Ontario multifamily buildings at 54.6% Heat…

Lessons from a Heat Pump Retrofit at CityHousing Hamilton

5/2022 - May 2022. Government of Ontario. TAF collaborated with CityHousing Hamilton to plan and implement a pilot project at a three-storey…

Lessons from a heat pump retrofit at Walpole Ave: A case study

1/2021 - January 2021. City of Toronto. To demonstrate the viability of retrofits focused on electric heat pumps, TAF installed and monitored…

Increasing Ontarian’s Access to Clean and Affordable Energy Via Heat Pumps

4/2019 - April 2019. Government of Ontario. In this letter, Ontario HVAC industry leaders explain to the government how it can generate…

Gas Absorption Heat Pumps: Technology Assessment and Field Test Findings

10/2018 - October 2018. City of Toronto. Gas Absorption Heat Pumps Reduce Emissions from Natural Gas by 20 – 50 per cent…