Reports
Regulating Energy and Emissions in Existing Buildings
June 27, 2023
This new guide offers municipalities and policymakers insights into the role existing buildings are expected to play in meeting Canada's...
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Energy Efficiency in Rental Housing
June 23, 2023
This report looks at how neglecting energy efficiency upgrades in an attempt to keep housing affordable leads to inadequate housing...
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Benchmarking 2021 Canadian province/territory and American state energy efficiency program savings and spending
March 31, 2023
This report benchmarks performance between the Provincial Energy Efficiency Scorecard and its American counterpart, the American Council for Energy-Efficient Economy’s...
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A Policy System for Continuous Improvement
February 22, 2023
This report shows how governments across the country can set strong regulations, while empowering industry to thrive on its way...
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What Municipalities Need to Know about Canada’s Net-Zero Emissions Building Codes
January 31, 2023
This report shows how to use the upcoming net-zero emissions codes as a lever to accelerate climate action. Authored by...
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2022 Canadian Energy Efficiency Scorecard: Provinces and Territories
November 17, 2022
Efficiency Canada’s fourth annual Energy Efficiency Scorecard assesses policy and outcomes realized within the 18-month window between January 2021 and...
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The Municipal Guide to Net-Zero Energy Ready Building Codes
October 26, 2022
This report contains everything you need to understand tiered codes, the advantages of adopting an ambitious tier, and how municipalities...
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Efficiency for All
March 30, 2022
This report shows how federal investment in existing low-income energy efficiency programs can help achieve net-zero emissions and reduce energy...
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The 2021 Canadian Provincial Energy Efficiency Scorecard
November 18, 2021
The third annual Provincial Energy Efficiency Report assesses policy and outcomes realized within the 18-month window between January 2020 and...
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Canada’s Climate Retrofit Mission
June 15, 2021
Retrofitting our buildings at the scale and performance required to confront climate change calls for market re-shaping innovations. This report...
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Carbon Pricing Expands in Canada, Making Slower Progress in the United States
March 2, 2021
As talk of a carbon tax resurfaces with the start of the Biden administration, some form of carbon pricing applies...
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The 2020 Canadian Provincial Energy Efficiency Scorecard
November 17, 2020
The second Provincial Energy Efficiency Scorecard, assesses energy efficiency policies and outcomes introduced or implemented between January 2019 and June...
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Strengthening Canada’s Building Code Process to Achieve Net-Zero Emissions
October 7, 2020
This report examines how the development of the 2020 model national energy codes navigated this tension between a minimum standard...
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Tiered Energy Codes Best Practices for Code Compliance
August 24, 2020
Building codes are established by law in the provinces or territories in which the building will be constructed. Compliance with...
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The 2019 Canadian Provincial Energy Efficiency Scorecard
November 19, 2019
This is Efficiency Canada’s first provincial policy scorecard, marking the beginning of an annual process of tracking, benchmarking, and reporting...
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