The Atmospheric Fund (TAF)

🌿 Fantastic work by Durham Region (The Regional Municipality of Durham) to decarbonize existing buildings and scale home retrofits. Addressing the gap in education and services for homeowners, the new Virtual Home Energy Assessment Tool (vHEAT) is the first of its kind in the GTHA. This AI-powered tool provides a digital energy score and a custom “retrofit road map,” making energy efficiency convenient and accessible. 🌱 Key Features: 📚 Educational Outreach: Simplifies deep energy retrofits, enhancing public engagement.  🔧 Barrier Reduction: Offers digital assessments and hands-on support through Durham Greener Homes Energy Coaching, making upgrades more accessible.  💰 Cost Savings & Emissions Reduction: Saves on energy bills and cuts over 30% of Durham Region's greenhouse gas emissions.  🌎 Scalability: Serves as a model for other municipalities to enhance energy efficiency and reduce emissions. vHEAT exemplifies how to effectively engage the public and support local climate and economic goals. Learn more 👉 https://ow.ly/l32950SKt2n #DurhamRegion #PolicyInnovation #EnergyEfficiency #GreenHomes #AcceleratingRetrofits 

🌿 Coming soon ↳ a green taxonomy to support clean investments. Earlier this year, TAF was a signatory in an open letter urging the Government of Canada to implement a Sustainable Investment Taxonomy 👉  https://lnkd.in/ebnwkunC A well-crafted taxonomy must include clear science-based data, a robust governance to guide investments towards genuine decarbonization efforts, and exclude any new fossil fuel investment such as natural gas or carbon capture and storage projects. Its swift implementation is essential for supporting emerging clean tech and transitioning carbon-intensive sectors, enhancing Canada’s economic competitiveness, and achieving net-zero targets. While we are encouraged by the progress being made and look forward to the unveiling of a Canadian Sustainable Investment Taxonomy in a few short months, we urge the federal government to apply the most stringent standards when awarding green labels to transition projects 👉 https://lnkd.in/gfSwzCyY #ImpactInvesting #SustainableFinance #GreenEconomy #CleanTech #Decarbonization #NetZero

🚨 #JobAlert We're #hiring and have two brand new career opportunities open on our Research & Innovation and Retrofit Accelerator teams! 🏢 Net-Zero Buildings Research Lead ↳ Join the team as the Net-Zero Buildings Research Lead to provide research, analytical and technical capacity to advance TAF’s decarbonization goals in new construction and existing buildings. 🔎 Analyst, Retrofit Accelerator ↳ Join the team as a Retrofit Accelerator Analyst and play a key role in TAF’s retrofit projects, including coordinating project deliverables, conducting site visits, addressing challenges, implementing advanced measurement and verification techniques, and analyzing and reporting on energy and indoor environmental quality (IEQ) data. Learn more and apply by August 30 👉 https://lnkd.in/gcgKzsjE #JobPost #JobOpenings #ApplyNow #WorkWithUs #JoinTheTeam #GreenJobs

🚉 $30 billion boost for public transit upgrades will help cites ensure new housing is low carbon. Housing and transit planning and funding has to go hand in hand. Green, affordable communities depend on it. In the GTHA, this new funding will complement the Housing Accelerator Fund by promoting high-density housing near transit hubs. This alignment is expected to enhance climate benefits, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and lower energy consumption. According to an article in The Globe and Mail, the government has detailed these plans. 👉 https://ow.ly/uGHV50SJxUJ #PublicTransit #SustainableTransport #UrbanPlanning #ClimateResilience #ResilientInfrastructure #LandUse 

⚡ A new report from Clean Energy Canada reveals clean, reliable, and affordable energy is both an environmental imperative and a key driver of economic growth and prosperity. Crafted with insights from a wide range of industry experts, users, and stakeholders, including Evan Wiseman, TAF’s Senior Manager Climate Policy, the report unpacks key challenges and solutions, including meaningful and proactive engagement and partnerships with Indigenous peoples, to ensure Ontario is competitive and maximizes the benefits in the clean energy transition. Dive into the recommendations supporting a future-proofed electricity grid powered by clean energy 👉 https://lnkd.in/gB3RG6iT #ONpoli #EnergyTransition #Decarbonization

A report from Statistics Canada | Statistique Canada found that #Toronto ranks among the most vulnerable cities for #HeatWaves 👉 https://lnkd.in/gawP4hYh The 20-year data review revealed that renters, which make up almost 50% of households in Toronto, are most at risk during #ExtremeHeat because of a significant lack of access to resilience measures like cooling. Seniors were most at risk and vulnerable to heat waves. Beyond emissions reductions, #HeatPumps and #EnergyEfficiency upgrades in multi-family buildings can save lives by creating healthier and more comfortable environments, making for good #climate and #PublicHealth policy. ➡ If you live in or manage a multi-family building and are interested in investing in energy efficiency, we have funding available. Get in touch to learn more. #ClimateAction #CdnPoli #ONpoli #Retrofits #RetrofitAccelerator

Renewables like #solar and #wind are not only a solution to reduce emissions. They help make cities like #Toronto more resilient and our grid more reliable during extreme weather events. They are examples of Distributed Energy Resources that can help accelerate the shift to a #CleanEnergy future. Smaller, more localized energy systems that generate, store, or manage electricity closer to where it’s needed enable utilities to repurpose technologies their customers already have installed—#HeatPumps for space heating and cooling, or batteries for backup power, or smart chargers for powering their #EVs. With extreme weather events increasing in both frequency and intensity, #DERs make communities more resilient to the next hurricane, heat wave, flood, or wildfire by reducing reliance on large, centralized power plants, and on #FossilFuels that are fueling these disasters. Thank you Toronto Star and Marco Chown Oved for connecting the dots between #decentralization and #resilience 👉 https://lnkd.in/ez8ycSiJ #RenewableEnergy #ElectricityGrid #CdnPoli #ONpoli

🙏 Thank you Councillor Shelley Carroll, ICD.D for highlighting the ways TAF is leading the #GTHA toward #NetZero, and for your confidence in our work over the next 30 years. We truly hope that we reach our goals and TAF is obsolete by 2054! 👉 https://lnkd.in/gzspdaUK #ONpoli #CdnPoli #ClimateAction

📣 Happening this week ⬇ Get to know the #TransformTO #NetZero Strategy and the resources and tools available to support net zero ready #NewConstruction such as the Toronto Green Standard, SolarTO, and district energy initiatives. Register for the July 25 webinar to learn about urban renewable and low-carbon energy systems that are helping make Toronto a more resilient and liveable city👉 https://bit.ly/4eLBTzU #CleanEnergy #RenewableEnergy #CdnPoli #ONpoli #ClimateAction

🚨 New #RFP alert ➡ We're seeking a dynamic #consultant to analyze the performance gap between #design and post-occupancy in #buildings across the #GTHA. This project will help us shape recommendations for municipalities, government officials at the provincial and national levels, and the building industry. Share with your networks and help us solve the performance gap in building design 👉 https://lnkd.in/gPskeg3H #Buildings #Policy #ONpoli #CdnPoli #BuildingDesign #BuildingPerformance