Let’s Make Eliminating Energy Poverty a National Priority
Energy poverty — when households spend a high portion of their incomes on energy bills or can’t access services like warmth or cooling — affects more than two million households.
Policy Strategies to Support Innovation in New Housing Construction
This report offers policy recommendations for federal, provincial, and local governments aimed at fostering meaningful and sustainable advancements in new housing construction. Authored by Kevin Lockhart and Brendan Haley.
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Thank you for downloading the Policy Strategies to Support Innovation in New Housing Construction report. This report offers policy recommendations for federal, provincial, and local governments aimed at fostering meaningful and sustainable advancements in new housing...
How to Modernize Canada’s Energy Efficiency Act
This report presents recommendations to bring Canada’s Energy Efficiency Act into the 21st century. Authored by Sarah Riddell, Matt Malinowski, and Vivian Cox.
Leading the way: How municipalities can leverage benchmarking to building labeling to decarbonize existing buildings
Since 2000, the total emissions per unit floor area in Canadian buildings have decreased by about a quarter—this is good news. Overall, however, there has been a slight uptick in building sector emissions since 2005.