Retrofitting our buildings at the scale and performance required to confront climate change calls for market re-shaping innovations. This report defines a climate retrofit mission for Canada and proposes a way to organize the public sector to achieve it. Authored by Brendan Haley and Ralph Torrie.
As talk of a carbon tax resurfaces with the start of the Biden administration, some form of carbon pricing applies to an increasing share of the population in the United States and Canada, according to a report jointly released today by the nonprofit research groups ACEEE and Efficiency Canada. Authored by Steven Nadel, James Gaede, and Brendan Haley.
The second Provincial Energy Efficiency Scorecard, assesses energy efficiency policies and outcomes introduced or implemented between January 2019 and June 2020. Authored by James Gaede, Brendan Haley, and Madeleine Chauvin.
This report examines how the development of the 2020 model national energy codes navigated this tension between a minimum standard building energy code and an implicit goal within the PCF to promote market transformation towards highly efficient and low-carbon buildings. Authored by Kevin Lockhart and Brendan Haley.
Building codes are established by law in the provinces or territories in which the building will be constructed. Compliance with code falls in the purview of the city or municipality, known as the Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ). The AHJs must enforce
the safety, accessibility, and other objectives of code for new buildings, which requires knowledgeable resources in multiple technical disciplines. Adding in energy codes has presented some challenges for AHJs, let alone adding in potentially multiple tiers of energy compliance. Authored by Andrew Pride.
This is Efficiency Canada’s first provincial policy scorecard, marking the beginning of an annual process of tracking, benchmarking, and reporting on energy efficiency policies and performance. The scorecard is released in conjunction with a comprehensive database of provincial and territorial energy efficiency policies. Authored by James Gaede, Brendan Haley, and Cassia Correa.
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