Just launched: Carbon Emissions Inventory 2024
Cities across Canada want to bring down carbon emissions from buildings. But what’s the right policy mix to increase energy efficiency? The Building Energy Efficiency Policy Calculator (BEE-Cal for short) gives municipal planners a nifty tool for policy planning around energy efficiency.
When the Ontario Climate Change Action Plan landed last spring, a notable element was the commitment to establish an Ontario green bank to support deployment of low-carbon solutions. Since then, speculation has swirled: what role will it play? How will it be structured? Why another agency? Some of the uncertainty was cleared up in December […]
Transforming the built environment = investing in prosperous, healthy and equitable communities Joint blog by Vivian Chung, policy research and engagement coordinator at TAF and guest blogger Dylan Heerema, analyst with the buildings and urban solutions program at the Pembina Institute in Vancouver. There is growing recognition across the country of the importance of buildings and energy efficiency to […]
The Ontario government is proving its commitment to large building energy reporting and benchmarking. Following closely on the heels of the enabling legislation, the Ontario government has proposed draft regulations for its province-wide large building energy and water benchmarking and reporting (EWRB) policy. TAF is proud to have contributed to the evolution of EWRB at […]
With the federal government promising to hold a first ministers conference 90 days after COP21 to develop a national climate strategy, it is now more imperative than ever to critically assess major sources of GHG emissions and opportunities for substantial emissions reductions. To better understand how the Trudeau government can make the most of energy efficiency policy, TAF’s Building […]
