…coming from a building and then supplies a heated fluid back to a building. It’s heating capacity makes it well-suited to large homes, multi-unit residential and industrial-commercial-institutional sectors. We installed…
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Distributed energy resources reward households, businesses, and the grid
…and businesses are the big winners when distributed energy resources reduce a community’s reliance on large, centralized power plants. With smaller, local energy assets that generate, store, or manage electricity…
Smart Thermostats: Technology Assessment and Field Test Findings in Multi-Unit Residential Buildings
…multi-unit residential buildings (MURBs) in Toronto. Smart thermostats are an opportunity waiting to happen for big apartment and condominium complexes across Ontario. They’ve taken off fast in single-family homes, delivering…
TransformTO Report Community Engagement
…shared vision of a low-carbon Toronto in 2050. A variety of engagement and outreach tools promoted participation from residents, community groups and stakeholders online and at events. This document also…
TAF News: March 2020
Designing effective retrofit programs, and a new climate action plan for one GTHA municipality. block-editor https://mailchi.mp/2b73f3367c93/taf-news-todays-retrofit-webinar-the-2020-federal-budget-and-more?e=[UNIQID]…
Policy Development
We provide information and assistance to municipal, provincial, and federal governments to enact and improve policies that have significant emissions reduction potential. At the same time, our policy development efforts…
Ontario’s 45-Day Climate Consultation Count-Down
…low-carbon economy will offer to Ontarians. With a great sense of timing, Environmental Defence along with TAF, Metcalf Foundation, the Cement Association of Canada and MaRS, brought together a multi-stakeholder…
New Toronto bylaw will reveal energy price tags in buildings
…benchmarking bylaw. The proposed bylaw would require all large commercial and multi-residential buildings to report annual energy and water use to the City, which would make the information available in…
A principled approach to carbon pricing: part 2
…there are several ways to address potentially adverse impacts, such as free allocations of allowances, tax preferences, or border carbon adjustments (i.e., trade measures intended to level the playing field…
Lab results are in! Top recommendations for Ontario’s climate strategy
…emissions, lab participants favoured mandating energy reporting and benchmarking for large buildings province-wide – something TAF has been pushing for (successfully) in Toronto in recent months. Participants also showed strong…
Toronto Financial District: It’s Time to Embrace Active Transportation
…accommodate active transportation in the financial district. Here are my three recommendations: 1) Improved Pedestrian Environment. A plan to vastly improve the pedestrian environment needs to be prioritized, as is…
TAF, Toronto Community Housing launch $4.2 million TowerWise retrofit project
…will clearly demonstrate the financial, social and environmental benefits of retrofits for Toronto Community Housing and ultimately all of Toronto’s buildings. Quotes: “Supporting this partnership is one example of how…