cleantech

Less risk, more reward: Investing in cleantech delivers both

8/2025 - Cleantech markets may appear precarious due to economic stresses, tariffs and trade tensions, writes Kristian Knibutat, VP Impacting Investing, but the energy transition is coming, and early investors will benefit from staying the course.

Making rooftop solar work for Ontarians: strengthening the Home Renovation Savings program

5/2025 - Laura McCloskey, Climate Policy Coordinator, explains why allowing net-metering for all rebated solar programs can maximize the potential and impact of Ontario's new Home Renovation Savings Program.

Demand for prefabricated overcladding is here, supply is catching up

11/2024 - How can we make building retrofits faster, easier, and less expensive? Keith Burrows, Director, Low-Carbon Buildings, takes us on a journey of insulation that goes on the outside of an existing building.

Solar panels and wind turbines at sunset

Empowering investors: Exploring paths to scale distributed energy resources

4/2024 - We’re seeing distributed energy resources as a market with high potential for both carbon reduction and financial returns. Senior Manager of Impact Investing Uzoma Erondu explains how investors can break the mold to unlock DERs.

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.

Why Canadians need the clean fuel standard

12/2020 - The clean fuel standard establishes a practical and predictable approach for removing 30 million tonnes of carbon every year without affecting daily life.

Big Canadian moment for climate: unique model goes national

9/2020 - With the increasing urgency of the climate crisis, it’s out with incrementalism and in with big investments. New tools and new hope just landed

Turning Industrial Emissions into Food

4/2019 - Catalytic investment from The Atmospheric Fund helps commercialize innovative Canadian technology.

Boiler Replacement that Achieves up to 136% Gas Heating Efficiency

4/2019 - To generate substantial reductions for both cost and carbon you need a technology, and an application, that can save a huge amount of gas. That’s how STEP got interested in gas absorption heat pumps.

Heat pump: an unsung hero

3/2019 - Looking for a hero? You may have found one in heat pumps. Heat pumps are recognized globally as the most efficient mechanical systems for heating and cooling. Our new video explains why.

Heat Pumps Reduce Energy Consumption up to 32% in Retrofits

2/2019 - Guest blog by Erik Janssen, Analyst, at Sustainable Technologies Evaluation Program (STEP), Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA)

Hamilton’s business community is turning industrial waste heat to energy

1/2019 - The Atmospheric Fund provided grant funding for the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce to accelerate innovative industrial energy solutions in the Bayfront area. Find out more about how this industry-led project will reduce emissions and increase business competitiveness by optimizing uses of industrial waste heat.