Policy Development

Fiddling while Toronto burns

7/2021 - SPACING TORONTO - It may be time for the province and the Ontario Energy Board to completely overhaul the traditional approach to natural gas consumption by promulgating conservation policies that provide building owners and homeowners with financial incentives to get off gas entirely instead of simply moving to high efficiency gas furnaces.

All new Toronto buildings could soon face tighter greenhouse gas emissions targets

7/2021 - CBC - "With a rapidly growing city, there is simply no path to net zero that doesn't require a transition to near-zero new construction," Bryan Purcell, TAF VP, told the city's Planning and Housing Committee. "The Toronto Green Standard is by far Toronto's most important climate policy."

Toronto’s New Buildings Could Soon be Required to Go Greener

7/2021 - STOREYS - Update to the Toronto Green Standard would require that all new mid-high rise buildings produce fewer carbon emissions and consume less energy. The update would take effect May 2022 and require a 25% drop in annual greenhouse gases and a 28% cut in energy use intensity.

Policy Development

Fiddling while Toronto burns

All new Toronto buildings could soon face tighter greenhouse gas emissions targets

Toronto’s New Buildings Could Soon be Required to Go Greener

Submission on IESO Gas Phase-Out Impact Assessment

Comments on proposed Halton Hills Green Development Standard

Submission on Supporting Recovery and Competitiveness Act (Bill 276)

ZEV industry urges there’s no time to idle on the Clean Fuel Standard

Support letter for City of Toronto motion to phase out gas-fired electricity generation

What does Canada’s new $15 billion plan mean for urban climate action?

A throne speech worthy of the next generation

Submission on 2021 Pre-Budget Consultation

Policy Development

Fiddling while Toronto burns

All new Toronto buildings could soon face tighter greenhouse gas emissions targets

Toronto’s New Buildings Could Soon be Required to Go Greener

Submission on IESO Gas Phase-Out Impact Assessment

Comments on proposed Halton Hills Green Development Standard

Submission on Supporting Recovery and Competitiveness Act (Bill 276)

ZEV industry urges there’s no time to idle on the Clean Fuel Standard

Support letter for City of Toronto motion to phase out gas-fired electricity generation

What does Canada’s new $15 billion plan mean for urban climate action?

The uncomfortable path to climate action scale-up

A throne speech worthy of the next generation

Submission on 2021 Pre-Budget Consultation

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