…TM), sourcing an energy performance warranty, and incubating Efficiency Capital, a company now run by private investors that finances a wide variety of energy efficiency projects. Tim has 35 years…
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Follow the leaders – de-carb your money
…Climate Finance Day, some of the world’s largest investors considered how the financial sector’s decisions are intertwined with climate change. The newest PDC members – including UK’s Environment Agency Pension…
Canada’s ex-central banker calls for action on “tragedy of the horizon”
…Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition (PDC), an initiative of the UN Finance Initiative and Carbon Disclosure Project, now has 21 members representing $62 Billion in assets under management. PDC is releasing an…
TAF financing facilitates better-than-code Windmill Developments Condo
…for sustainable site and building design. TAF’s innovative Green Condo Loan finances the developer for the incremental costs of incorporating above-code efficiency measures and is repaid by the condo owners…
FCM CEO explains how municipalities are leading climate solutions
…on the forefront of climate solutions. In Toronto, for example, the Home Energy Loan Program and High-Rise Retrofit Improvement Support Program provide low-interest, long-term loans to finance energy and water…
ABCs of counting GHGs: Net zero buildings
…atmosphere? TAF follows a complex greenhouse gas (GHG) quantification process every time we evaluate an opportunity to fund or finance a project or pursue a policy. There are endless considerations…
What’s the renewal potential for tower sites in the GTA?
…United Way Toronto & York Region. The initial goal of this grant was to develop business cases to test the financial viability of using infill developments to finance tower retrofits….
TransformTO Talks: Transit equity with urban planner Sean Hertel
…fairly, and not all the same. Our research has shown that transit equity must be purposefully addressed. It’s the opposite to a trickle-down economics approach, it has to be very…
Microtransit key to reducing climate pollution from cars
…how to put this research into practice in the GTHA. Microtransit refers to shared public or private sector transportation services that offer fixed or dynamic routes and schedules in response…
Submission Federal Budget TAF Endowment Expansion
…mandate. This document is the pre-budget submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance to propose a federal investment in TAF’s endowment to drive high-impact, low-carbon solutions. These…
Energy efficiency 101: Why do an energy retrofit?
…good financial investment. TAF has years of first-hand experience: Retrofit projects that we finance routinely deliver net present values of double the original cost. Depending on the building type, successful…
Getting More Bang for Ontario’s Energy Efficiency Bucks
August 2017. Government of Ontario. This brief presents the Minister of Finance with recommendations for how the Ontario Government can achieve more impact – energy savings, carbon reduction, jobs –…