TAF E-NEWS  |  NOVEMBER 2019

Replacing the make-up air unit at Trethewey Tedder Apartments, which saved energy while greatly boosting the fresh air supply for residents.

THIRD RETROFIT CASE STUDY   

Today we publish our third case study about energy efficiency retrofits we undertook on Toronto Community Housing buildings. This case study is about Trethewey Tedder Apartments, where we:

• Beat our carbon emissions reduction projections
• Secured higher-than-projected utility cost savings 
• Improved comfort for residents by reducing overheating and increasing fresh air

> Learn more 

At the deep retrofit site, reviewing thermostat programming options.

DEEP RETROFIT BEGINS 

Construction has begun on our first deep retrofit, where we’re aiming for 40 per cent energy savings. As Keith Burrows, our Low Carbons Building Manager, writes, this is not your average retrofit. 

 > Read Keith's blog 

PROPOSED WATERING DOWN OF EWRB

The Government of Ontario is proposing to water down the Energy and Water Reporting and Benchmarking (EWRB) regulation. Owners of buildings under 100,000 sq.ft would be exempted from benchmarking and reporting energy and water use as well as carbon emissions. TAF is disappointed by this. Benchmarking helps owners improve energy efficiency while providing critically needed data for designing climate policies and programs.  If this proposal goes ahead it will be a step backwards in the fight against climate change.

Responses to this proposal are due December 12.

TRAINING OPPORTUNITY: PARTNERSHIPS 

Building collaborations, especially among diverse stakeholders, is far from easy. Management of diverse partnerships requires expertise, guidance and resources. Leveraging world-class training capacity represented by the international Partnership Brokers Association, we are offering an opportunity for practitioners to gain partnership brokering training. 

> Training in Toronto in February and Hamilton in October 

LC3 PARTNERSHIP PROGRESSING 

Strategy and Partnerships VP Mary Pickering writes about how Low Carbon Cities Canada (LC3) work is taking off.... and taking her away from TAF for a bit.  

> Read the blog