Tag: City of Toronto
Iconic Fairmont Royal York now a certified zero-carbon building
In pursuit of zero carbon future, Fairmont Royal York has just completed the largest heritage hotel retrofit in North America – achieving a Zero Carbon Building...
Feds support energy-saving program for older high-rise towers in Toronto
Buildings are the third largest contributor of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in Canada. With this in mind, the Government of Canada and the Federation...
City of Toronto announces the participants in its Deep Retrofit Challenge
Buildings are currently the largest source of GHG emissions in the City of Toronto, generating approximately 58 per cent of community-wide emissions, primarily from...
Major investment for zero emission public transit in Toronto
This week the Government of Canada and the City of Toronto announced a joint investment of $700 million towards the electrification of the Toronto...
From Landfill to Community Destination: The transformation of North Maple Regional...
North Maple Regional Park is a milestone development for the City of Vaughan. At 364 hectares (900 acres), it’s the city's most ambitious park...
U of T to be first Canadian university to mandate carbon...
The University of Toronto (U of T) will be the first Canadian university to enact a mandatory institutional carbon offsetting program for U of...
Agreement approved for Canada’s largest all-electric, zero-carbon community
Waterfront Toronto recently approved an agreement with Dream Unlimited Corp. (Dream) and Great Gulf Group, known as Quayside Impact Limited Partnership. Under the terms...
Opportunity to take the deep retrofit challenge in Toronto
Applications for the Deep Retrofit Challenge are now open. The Deep Retrofit Challenge is a competition-style program funded by the Government of Canada, which will...
Municipal funds for home energy retrofits in Toronto
The City of Toronto’s Home Energy Loan Program (HELP), which has completed 245 retrofit projects with 18 more currently underway, was launched in 2014...
Tech challenge in search of Canada’s best deep-tech solution
Do you have a deep-tech solution that can help to solve the major challenges of industry, water, smart cities, or the perverse effects of...