Publications

Building Performance Standards

October 2023. Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. Existing building performance standards (BPS) are a key policy tool used to improve…

Recommendations for Municipalities: Mandatory Building Performance Standards

September 2023. Government of Ontario. This report by the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA), commissioned by TAF, outlines the legal…

Environmental Registry Submission on Electricity Energy Efficiency Programming

September 2023. Government of Ontario. Unlocking the substantial potential of demand-side measures can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, reduce the…

2024 Pre-budget Submission

August 2023. Government of Canada. TAF made the following recommendations for the federal budget pre-budget consultation 2024. Recommendation 1: $1…

Housing Accelerator Fund – Ideas and Resources for Municipalities

Ideas and resources for municipalities to integrate low carbon strategies into affordable housing The Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF) is a $4 billion…

Environmental Registry Submission on Pathways to Decarbonization Study

May 2023. Government of Ontario. TAF submitted these comments to the IESO on their Pathways to Decarbonization (P2D) study. TAF…

Scaling Heat Pump Retrofits through Aggregation and Bulk Procurement

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

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

Carbon Emissions Quantification Methodology

April 2023. A summary of TAF’s emissions quantification methodology.

Stepwise apartment retrofit for savings and comfort

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

2023 Federal Budget Recommendations

February 2023. Government of Canada. TAF submitted recommendations urging the federal government to investment in three key areas with potential…

Scenarios for a Net-Zero Electricity System in Ontario

November 2022. Government of Ontario. Scenarios for a Net-Zero Electricity System in Ontario, commissioned from Power Advisory, demonstrates that Ontario…