Carbon reduction

A skyline view of three tall condo buildings in Mississauga

Introducing a new financial planning tool for condos

4/2025 - TAF has developed an exciting new tool for condo buildings to improve financial planning for building upgrades: Enhanced Reserve Fund Studies.

A section of the Toronto skyline at dusk

The right metric for Toronto’s BEPS

3/2025 - For Toronto’s Building Emissions Performance Standards bylaw to succeed, getting the metric right is an important consideration for building owners. We’ve made our recommendation on the best choice for Toronto.

The exterior of 575 Danforth Road, a Retrofit Accelerator project under construction.

Deep Retrofit Diary: Innovative technologies increase productivity

3/2025 - By integrating innovative technologies into an ambitious retrofit project, we minimized construction time and allowed residents to remain in their homes. Get the latest updates in our Retrofit Diary.

A view of Toronto. Trees are mixed in with high rise residential buildings and low rise apartments

We thrive in better buildings – how a new bylaw could transform retrofits in the GTHA

1/2025 - The City of Toronto is introducing Building Emissions Performance Standards (BEPS) to tackle building-related carbon emissions.

People are gathered in small groups in a green space in front of a multi-level residential building

Lowering emissions, raising up equity – perspectives on Toronto’s building policy

1/2025 - Toronto's emerging BEPS policy needs to be well-designed and informed by representative stakeholders and rightsholders regarding equity impacts.

Balconies sit in rows and columns on the exterior of a Toronto apartment building

What building types will be included in Toronto’s building emissions performance standards?

12/2024 - One of the most important questions in designing a BEPS is which types and sizes of buildings should be included.

Two tall buildings in the background with a flat iron building in the middle. On the left is a midrise building, and on the right is a green and white GO bus.

Commercial real estate has everything to gain from building emissions performance standards

12/2024 - The commercial real estate sector should be excited about Toronto moving forward with its Building Emissions Performance Standards (BEPS) policy.

Distributed energy resources reward households, businesses, and the grid

8/2023 - With distributed energy resources (DERs) moving swiftly from the margins to the mainstream in North America, Ontario can seize opportunities in a popular and reliable innovation in power system management.

Putting high-rises on a low-carbon diet

5/2023 - GLOBE AND MAIL: Policy paper published last year by U of T, City of Toronto, The Atmospheric Fund and Mantle Developments calls for the regulation of embodied carbon as well as the development of standardized ways of measuring these emissions.

Carbon reduction

Introducing a new financial planning tool for condos

The right metric for Toronto’s BEPS

Deep Retrofit Diary: Innovative technologies increase productivity

We thrive in better buildings – how a new bylaw could transform retrofits in the GTHA

Lowering emissions, raising up equity – perspectives on Toronto’s building policy

What building types will be included in Toronto’s building emissions performance standards?

Commercial real estate has everything to gain from building emissions performance standards

Distributed energy resources reward households, businesses, and the grid

Putting high-rises on a low-carbon diet

Doug Ford’s new housing bill guts green building law he voted for as Toronto councillor, say critics

Dear election candidates: Climate action means working across issues and regional lines

Ambitious ZEV Strategy doomed without buy-in from provincial government

Carbon reduction

Introducing a new financial planning tool for condos

The right metric for Toronto’s BEPS

Deep Retrofit Diary: Innovative technologies increase productivity

We thrive in better buildings – how a new bylaw could transform retrofits in the GTHA

Lowering emissions, raising up equity – perspectives on Toronto’s building policy

What building types will be included in Toronto’s building emissions performance standards?

Commercial real estate has everything to gain from building emissions performance standards

Distributed energy resources reward households, businesses, and the grid

Putting high-rises on a low-carbon diet

Doug Ford’s new housing bill guts green building law he voted for as Toronto councillor, say critics

Dear election candidates: Climate action means working across issues and regional lines

Ambitious ZEV Strategy doomed without buy-in from provincial government

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