Jul 13, 2016 | Building Professional, Membership, Uncategorized
The City of Toronto commissioned a report to explore the health benefits of reducing greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere through improvements in a number of areas, including increasing energy efficiency of buildings. Although Toronto-centric, the report has some...
Jun 13, 2016 | Building Professional, Membership
The Government of Ontario released its five-year Climate Change Action Plan on June 8, leading the province towards a low-carbon economy. The Plan, which is to be funded by the Cap and Trade Program’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Account (GGRA), includes the following...
May 31, 2016 | Building Professional, Membership, Uncategorized
The Ontario government is continuing to solidify details to its Climate Change Action Plan, with the following developments: Using proceeds from the cap and trade program, Ontario will invest up to $900M over four years in energy retrofits for social housing and...
Mar 8, 2016 | Building Professional, Membership
As part of its Climate Change Strategy, Ontario is using the new $325-million Green Investment Fund to fight climate change, grow the economy, and create jobs through investing in projects that improve energy efficiency. The Fund allocates money collected from...
Feb 2, 2016 | Building Professional, Home Owner, Membership
The world was watching closely for two weeks as global leaders came together in Paris for COP21, the global combat climate conference. The result: nearly 200 countries have agreed to limit the “increase in the global average temperature to below 2 ̊C above...
