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TAF Newsletter: November 2025

11/2025 - Inside this edition: Our initial take on the federal budget signals a funding gap for urban climate action. Effective standards to ensure healthy, efficient buildings need your support. TAF’s latest investments in EV infrastructure and low-carbon mass timber housing, and more.

Budget 2025 falls short on urban climate action to drive our economy

11/2025 - Bryan Purcell, VP of Policy and Programs, made the following statement in response to Canada’s 2025 budget announcement.

Add your voice to protect green development standards in Bill 60

11/2025 - Ontario's Bill 60 takes aim at several critical municipal planning authorities, undermining years of progress streamlining and harmonizing low-carbon development across the GTHA.

Assembly Holding Corporation secures $5 million credit facility from PaceZero Capital Partners to advance modular housing projects across the Greater Toronto Area

10/2025 - PaceZero Capital Partners have provided Assembly Corp. with a $5 million credit facility. TAF, an early investor in Assembly, guaranteed the loan due to the significant emissions reduction impact of Assembly's building approach.

TAF and global partners invest in Kite Mobility to scale electric mobility sharing in multi-family buildings

10/2025 - TAF made its second investment in Kite Mobility, joining global partners Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and Enlightened Building Technologies, to support the shift toward electric mobility in multi-family buildings.

TAF Newsletter: October 2025

10/2025 - Inside this edition: the 2024 GTHA Carbon Emissions Inventory launch, Build Canada Homes’ potential to deliver affordable, green housing, the health impacts of delaying the EV Availability Standard, the local utilities transforming Ontario’s grid, and more.

Powering change: The underrated impact of DER programs in Ontario

10/2025 - Pat Ronan spotlights the local utilities leading pilots and programs with potential to transform the grid reliably and affordably.

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Investing in housing for the future

10/2025 - Farrah Chan explores how Build Canada Homes, a new federal initiative, can help to address both the housing and climate crises.

Toronto launches $20-million heat pump loan program

9/2025 - TORONTO STAR - "With the loss of the federal Greener Homes Loan program, it’s great to see municipalities stepping in and doing their part. Financial constraints and a lack of knowledge about energy-efficient options are often two of the biggest barriers for residents looking to upgrade their systems,” said Bryan Purcell, VP of Policy and Programs, in an interview with the Toronto Star.

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The Atmospheric Fund congratulates City of Toronto and Toronto Hydro on Furnace Upgrade Program

9/2025 - Bryan Purcell, VP Policy and Programs, reacts to City of Toronto and Toronto Hydro's furnace upgrade program.

Inside the ‘fresh air factory’ at Canada’s Oxygen8

9/2025 - CANADA'S NATIONAL OBSERVER - Julia Langer, TAF CEO, highlights the growth of the construction sector, opening the door to diverse and well-paying sustainable job opportunities.

Are heat pumps more expensive now that Carney killed the carbon tax? Ontario homeowners question truth of Enbridge notice

9/2025 - TORONTO STAR - Bryan Purcell, VP of Policy and Programs, and Keith Burrows, Director of Low-Carbon Buildings, address Enbridge's misleading claims about heat pumps.