Dear candidates: Climate action means working across issues and city boundaries.
Author: TAF
TAF News: September 2022
One more day to weigh in on Canada Green Buildings Strategy.
Toronto Housing’s Flagship Green Retrofit to Deliver 70% Drop in Energy Use
THE ENERGY MIX – New TAF retrofit is expected to garner at least $52,000 in annual utility savings, and 196 job years of local employment, establishing a model for other deep retrofits of similar buildings in TCHC’s portfolio and beyond that can be easily replicated.
TAF News: August 2022
It’s now or never for clean electricity in Canada. Plus, new investment in magnet recycling.
TAF invests in rare earth magnet recycling to support sustainable electrification
TAF invests $1.3 million in Noveon Magnetics, a waste-to-value company that recovers rare earth minerals from electronic waste and reprocesses them into high-quality magnets
Ambitious ZEV Strategy doomed without buy-in from provincial government
THE POINTER – “As the densest region after Toronto, Peel has an opportunity to reduce transportation emissions by building transit and electrifying transportation,” reads TAF’s Carbon Emissions Inventory.
Heat pumps – cutting costs while cooling tenants
THE GLOBE AND MAIL – The low-carbon HVAC system provides both heating and cooling to an apartment and uses a maximum of a third of the electricity of baseboards heaters.
Breaking ground on a climate-friendly way to heat and cool homes in Toronto
TVO -“It’s really critical that we get all new developments to net-zero or near-zero as soon as possible. Low-carbon district energy is one way to address that challenge,” says Bryan Purcell.
Retrofit of TCHC building will yield climate, affordability and community benefits
TAF and Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC) kicked off a deep, multi-measure retrofit of 840 Eglinton Avenue West.
TAF News: June 2022
Lessons from a heat pump retrofit and new grant funding
