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A smarter approach to EV upgrades in buildings: What Quebec’s draft regulation gets right

5/2025 - Quebec is implementing a comprehensive strategy to upgrade multi-unit buildings to be EV-ready. Understand the incentives and how Ontario can support building owners and tenants to access EV charging at home.

Making rooftop solar work for Ontarians: strengthening the Home Renovation Savings program

5/2025 - Laura McCloskey, Climate Policy Coordinator, explains why allowing net-metering for all rebated solar programs can maximize the potential and impact of Ontario's new Home Renovation Savings Program.

Canada sprints past the U.S. on appliance efficiency

5/2025 - Samia Anwer, Climate Policy Analyst, discusses the latest amendment to the Energy Efficiency Act and why raising the bar on efficiency standards for everyday appliances is one of the most impactful policy tools to-date.

Retrofit Services Manager, Kaitlin Carroll discusses an upcoming heat pump installation with Toronto Community Housing residents. Photo by Nhan Ng Productions

VIEWPOINT: Extreme heat bylaws: Perspectives from a building retrofit manager

4/2025 - SABMAG - Sustainable Architecture and Building Magazine featured our recommendations on extreme heat bylaws in its Spring issue.

TAF Newsletter: April 2025

4/2025 - This edition includes our divestment from a major bank, a financial planning tool for condo retrofits, the red tape blocking climate action, and more.

Five things investors should know about commercial fleet electrification

4/2025 - Learn more about opportunities to support the electrification of Canada’s commercial trucks and vans including in manufacturing, battery innovation and major grid infrastructure investments.

This red tape is blocking climate action

4/2025 - Evan Wiseman, Climate Policy Senior Manager, recommends how regulators can unlock significant job growth and efficiency by removing barriers to clean energy technologies.

A skyline view of three tall condo buildings in Mississauga

Introducing a new financial planning tool for condos

4/2025 - TAF has developed an exciting new tool for condo buildings to improve financial planning for building upgrades: Enhanced Reserve Fund Studies.

The Atmospheric Fund invests in 7Gen to support fleet electrification

4/2025 - We made a $1,000,000 investment in Canadian company 7Gen to help electrify commercial vans and trucks, cutting 589,165 tonnes of carbon and improving air quality in the GTHA.

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Leading developers are proving what’s possible in green buildings

4/2025 - The Toronto Green Standard has motivated leading developers to push the envelope and innovate with efficient, creative new buildings.

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The right metric for Toronto’s BEPS

3/2025 - For Toronto’s Building Emissions Performance Standards bylaw to succeed, getting the metric right is an important consideration for building owners. We’ve made our recommendation on the best choice for Toronto.

TAF Highlights Energy Cost Savings, Job Creation in ‘Made-in-Canada’ Policy Pitch

3/2025 - THE ENERGY MIX - Writers at The Energy Mix summarize our federal policy recommendations, published earlier in March.