Publications

Comments and Recommendations on Clean Electricity Regulations

March 2024. Government of Canada. TAF submitted the following comments and recommendations to Environment and Climate Change Canada regarding the…

2024 Budget Recommendations for the Government of Ontario

February 2024. Government of Ontario. TAF made the following recommendations for the 2024 budget. Recommendation 1: That the government dedicate…

Home heating and hot water savings from midrise apartment retrofit

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

Environmental Registry of Ontario – Corporate Power Purchase Agreements

February 2024. Government of Ontario. TAF submitted comments on proposed amendments related to the treatment of corporate power purchase agreements…

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…