Publications

TowerWise Pre-and Post-Retrofit Survey Analysis

July 2018. TAF and building owners have undertaken energy efficiency and indoor environmental quality (IEQ) improvements in seven multi-unit residential…

Harvesting Heat with Heat Pumps: Retrofit Guide for Ontario’s Electrically-Heated Multi-Family Buildings

July 2018. Government of Ontario. With property owners and managers, engineers, and contractors all looking for ways to reduce operating…

Pumping Energy Savings Recommendations Report

July 2018. Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. Replacing the highly inefficient, obsolete electric resistance heaters that many buildings use for…

Generation Energy Council Report

June 2018. Government of Canada. The Generation Energy Council presented its report to Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr on June…

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COMPASS: Energy Benchmarking Tool Development Final Report

June 2018. Government of Ontario. EnergyCompass.design tool is an energy benchmarking and reporting tool for design-stage building development projects. EnergyCompass.design,…

TAF comments on Canada’s Energy Efficiency Regulations

June 2018. Government of Canada. Energy efficiency regulations are a key tool to facilitate the transition to clean renewable power…

Joint Letter on Indirect Land Use Change for the Clean Fuel Standard

June 2018. Government of Canada. The Atmospheric Fund collaborated with the Pembina Institute, other environmental organizations, and industry partners to…

Joint letter for electrification pathway under the Clean Fuel Standard

May 2018. Government of Canada. Electric vehicles are a necessary solution to achieve our emission reduction targets. This joint letter…

TAF comments on the City of Toronto’s Residential Energy Retrofit Program updates

May 2018. City of Toronto. Given that buildings are responsible for 53 per cent of Toronto’s carbon emissions, improving building…

Future of Home Heating Report

April 2018. Government of Ontario. As Ontario’s buildings and homes account for almost a quarter of the province’s carbon emissions,…

Business Case Assessment Tool (BCAT) for Heat Pumps

March 2018. Switching from electrical heating to heat pumps can help building owners save significantly on heating costs. To pique…

Joint Submission on Ontario’s Long-Term Infrastructure Plan

January 2018. Government of Ontario. Through the Clean Economy Alliance, TAF provided comments to Ontario’s Long-Term Infrastructure Plan to consider…