For the 27 million Canadians living in cities, it’s notable that the new Liberal government has made some important commitments to urban sustainability. The Party’s on-line election platform has an…
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TAF financing facilitates better-than-code Windmill Developments Condo
Toronto, ON — The recently completed “Cathedral Hill” condo by Windmill Development Group is 43% percent more energy efficient than Ontario Building Code (OBC) thanks to innovative financing provided by…
TAF’s Green Condo Loan expands out of Toronto
Energy Manager, November 6, 2015
Cap and trade an important signal – but needs stricter allowances
The release of Ontario’s Cap and Trade Design Options is sending a powerful signal about the government’s commitment to climate action. Last week, Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment and Climate…
Heat Pumps
To tackle climate change effectively, we need to reduce carbon emissions from buildings. We can do that by switching to heat pumps. https://youtu.be/HvKjpwAik9o Space heating is the primary cause of…
TransformTO
TransformTO is the City of Toronto’s plan for how it intends to reduce carbon emissions. We helped to create the plan and now help to advance it. TransformTO is the…
Solar EV station proves the power of local climate action at York U
Guest blog post by Jose Etcheverry, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University As world leaders meet in Paris to negotiate solutions to climate change, what…
Cities in Paris – a formidable force
The Paris agreement has signaled that governments are committed to a shift toward a low-carbon economy. And its champions are not just the 195 state leaders who struck the deal…
New report steers the low-carbon obstacle course for cities
Amidst the climate information overload driven out of the Paris conference, a fantastic research report was released to guide the way for city climate action over the next five years….
Energy efficiency: Top three policy ideas to reach federal climate targets
With the federal government promising to hold a first ministers conference 90 days after COP21 to develop a national climate strategy, it is now more imperative than ever to critically…
Survey shows barriers to energy efficiency in Canada
Energy-use in Canada’s buildings sector has grown by 19 per cents since 1990, and currently accounts for about 120 million tonnes of CO2eq emissions annually. According to the latest Evaluation…
New GHG report shows bold action is needed to meet Toronto’s targets
Toronto has made tremendous progress in reducing climate damaging greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The GHG Inventory released last week by the City of Toronto showed emissions in 2013 were 24%…