Buildings

Home heating and hot water savings from midrise apartment retrofit

1/2024 - January 2024. City of Toronto. In April 2021, TAF joined project partners to retrofit a nine storey 1963 apartment building…

Scaling Heat Pump Retrofits through Aggregation and Bulk Procurement

4/2023 - April 2023. Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. TAF commissioned Dunsky Energy + Climate Advisors to conduct a bulk procurement study…

Heat Pumps Add Cooling for Toronto Community Housing Residents

4/2023 - April 2023. City of Toronto. In May of 2019, TAF joined project partners to retrofit a 1987 townhouse complex in…

Stepwise apartment retrofit for savings and comfort

3/2023 - March 2023. City of Mississauga. In August 2020, TAF’s Retrofit Accelerator team joined project partners to retrofit a 12-storey 1965…

Submission on Sustainable New Communities Program for Brampton

4/2022 - April 2022. City of Brampton. TAF submitted this letter in support of the Sustainable New Communities Program. We strongly recommend…

Submission on Green Development and Environmental Design Guidelines for Ajax

4/2022 - April 2022. Town of Ajax. TAF submitted this letter in support of Ajax’s proposed Green Development and Environmental Design Guidelines…

Comments on the Ontario Building Code updates

3/2022 - March 2022. Government of Ontario. Given that the Ontario Building Code (OBC) is only updated every five to seven years,…

Submission on Recommended Parking Requirements for New Development in Toronto

11/2021 - November 2021. City of Toronto. TAF strongly supports the updated recommendations on parking requirements for new developments in Toronto. This…

Net-Zero Existing Building Strategy

6/2021 - June 2021. City of Toronto. TAF submitted comments to the City of Toronto Infrastructure and Environment Committee on the Net-Zero…

Submission on the Toronto Green Standard Version 4 (TGS V4)

6/2021 - June 2021. City of Toronto. TAF submitted recommendations to the Planning and Housing Committee on the Toronto Green Standard Version…

Comments on proposed Halton Hills Green Development Standard

6/2021 - June 2021. Town of Halton Hills. TAF strongly supports the adoption of the Halton Hills Green Standards which will put…

Lessons from a heat pump retrofit at Walpole Ave: A case study

1/2021 - January 2021. City of Toronto. To demonstrate the viability of retrofits focused on electric heat pumps, TAF installed and monitored…