Business Insider: ecobee donates over 700 thermostats to Toronto Community Housing to improve sustainability and resident comfort1/2018 - TAF teamed up with ecobee on the TowerWise program to improve resident comfort, reduce emissions, and identify best practices in retrofits across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton area. The newly installed smart thermostats make intelligent heating and cooling decisions to reduce energy waste and offer real-time insights to identify other opportunities for future improvements.
Ontario Construction Report: Next phase of TowerWise features $9 million energy efficiency models12/2017 - Following the announcement of the new $9-million phase, Ontario Construction Report profiled TAF’s trailblazing TowerWise retrofit program, with new energy and emission targets that align closely with TransformTO.
The Energy Mix: TAF Aims for Deeper Carbon Cuts in Multi-Residential Buildings12/2017 - TAF Low Carbon Buildings Manager Ekaterina Tzekova emphasizes how deep energy retrofits in the new TowerWise phase will result in economic, environmental, and social benefits.
TowerWise: TAF launches new phase of energy retrofit program12/2017 - We spend the vast majority of our time indoors, but we rarely make the connection between our activities and the fact that buildings are a major source of carbon emissions. We need to significantly improve the way existing buildings perform – and we need to do it quickly. TAF is doing just that with the next phase of its TowerWise retrofit program.
Media Backgrounder TowerWise Energy Retrofit Program12/2017 - December 2017. Multi-residential buildings represent the backbone of the housing stock in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA). That’s…
Financing for energy efficiency retrofits a key Infrastructure Bank opportunity3/2017 - The nascent Canadian Infrastructure Bank is a golden opportunity to invest in energy efficiency on a large scale. By scaling up retrofits and reducing energy waste across Canada, the CIB would yield a financial and environmental Return on Investment.
Retrofit Case Studies Energy, Health, and Comfort Transformations in Multi-Unit Buildings2/2017 - February 2017. In the most recent phase of the TowerWise program, TAF coordinated energy efficiency retrofits across seven Toronto Community…
ASHRAE Paper Summertime Overheating in Multi-Residential Buildings10/2016 - October 2016. Many older multi-residential buildings in Toronto suffer from overheating in the summer. TAF’s Ekaterina Tzekova, Bryan Purcell and…
Ontario Climate Change Action Plan to benefit Toronto’s social housing6/2016 - Ontario’s new Climate Change Action Plan will include $900 million for energy efficiency retrofits in social housing and private apartments. TAF and TCHC welcome the investment as it will improve living conditions for residents, reduce emissions, and lower utility costs for social housing providers.
ASHRAE Paper Pre-Retrofit Resident Comfort in Multi-Residential Buildings2/2016 - February 2016. City of Toronto. Post-war multi-unit residential buildings in Toronto region often provide poor resident comfort due to overheating…