Just launched: Carbon Emissions Inventory 2024
2025 Edition TAF has published Ontario emissions factors since 2017 to support best practices in carbon quantification. Accurate emissions factors reveal how various interventions impact carbon reductions. Planning for decarbonization and electrification is becoming more complex as more natural gas is used to generate electricity in Ontario. These numbers and guidelines allow practitioners to quantify […]
November 2024. TAF commissioned WSP to review and evaluate prefabricated overcladding technologies across North America. This report summarizes these solutions’ market innovation and identifies related manufacturers, fabricators, and contractors. Prefabricated overcladding refers to insulated panels that are usually built off-site and attached to the outside of existing buildings. They are important decarbonization and adaptation tools […]
October 2023. Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. Existing building performance standards (BPS) are a key policy tool used to improve environmental performance of buildings, with targets that become stricter over time. They are taking root in cities across North America to address climate change and economic, health, and housing priorities. This policy primer explores the […]
Ideas and resources for municipalities to integrate low carbon strategies into affordable housing The Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF) is a $4 billion federal funding program for Canadian municipalities and Indigenous governments, with applications due in the summer of 2023. The primary purpose of the HAF is to create more supply of housing at a faster pace, and […]
April 2023. Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. TAF commissioned Dunsky Energy + Climate Advisors to conduct a bulk procurement study to assess the barriers, opportunities, and trade-offs to scaling up heat pump retrofits through aggregation and bulk procurement. Key Takeaways Report findings suggest cost savings have some potential, but the best value of bulk purchasing […]
November 2022. Government of Ontario. Scenarios for a Net-Zero Electricity System in Ontario, commissioned from Power Advisory, demonstrates that Ontario can meet its rising electricity demands with reliable, affordable energy solutions that are aligned with the global transition to net-zero carbon emissions. The report compares multiple paths for Ontario to produce a net-zero grid by […]
May 2022. Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. Greenhouse gas emissions from natural gas combustion is responsible for 40% (20 megatonnes) of the carbon emissions in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. However, this number does not account for the “fugitive” methane that leaks from extraction, fracking, pipelines, and distribution — the full life cycle of […]
November 2021. Government of Ontario. TAF commissioned Ecostrat to prepare a Recyclable Organic Feedstock Supply Analysis to provide investors and developers with an understanding of the current supply and demand dynamics for liquid and solid waste “feedstock” for renewable natural gas projects in Ontario. The study maps areas with the highest potential for anaerobic digester […]
May 2019. City of Toronto. Improving indoor environmental quality (IEQ) can be a benefit of undertaking an energy efficiency retrofit. Capturing this benefit requires taking a holistic approach to the retrofit, and incorporating improved IEQ as a project goal from the outset. Improving Indoor Environmental Quality in Multi-Unit Residential Buildings shines a light on the […]
March 2019. City of Toronto. Smart Thermostats: Technology Assessment and Field Test Findings in Multi-Unit Residential Buildings examines lessons learned from the installation of in-suite smart thermostats in four 1970s-built multi-unit residential buildings (MURBs) in Toronto. Smart thermostats are an opportunity waiting to happen for big apartment and condominium complexes across Ontario. They’ve taken off […]
