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Financing Energy Efficiency: 3 buildings, 3 solutions
With over 50% of Toronto’s GHG emissions resulting from energy-use in buildings, financing energy efficiency in the built environment has become one of TAF’s core priorities. While capital costs are sited as the number one barrier to energy efficient buildings, … Continue reading
LightSavers Goes National
Cities and companies across Canada can now tap some brighter ideas for energy efficient lighting as the LightSavers program is taken national by the Canadian Urban Institute (CUI). TAF incubated the LightSavers program, which collected rigorous data from advanced lighting … Continue reading
Posted in Advanced lighting, Energy efficiency, General
Tagged Cities, climate, energy efficiency, LED, lightsavers, Streetlighting
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The QUEST for Integrated Community Energy Solutions
On Wednesday Feb 22nd, municipalities, utilities, and other energy stakeholders from across Ontario gathered in Toronto to strategize on how to start building tommorow’s energy infrastructure - today. QUEST – Quality Urban Energy Systems of Tommorow – is a cross-canadian collaborative network with a mandate to … Continue reading
Investing In Tomorrow’s Infrastructure – How Smarter Choices Can Help Battle Climate Change
The challenge of renewing aging infrastructure while simultaneously finding the funds to invest in sustainable new facilities is one of the hardest tasks facing public sector decision makers today. Municipalities, universities, schools and hospitals across the country are forging new relationships … Continue reading
CMHC Launches Condo Energy Efficiency Loan Insurance
A well planned energy efficiency retrofit will pay for itself. That’s why the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) has launched a Multi-Unit Condominium Energy-Efficient Improvements insurance product. This new product is intended to expand access to financing for energy … Continue reading