Advancing the energy efficiency of existing buildings is a critical part of any community’s climate action plan and social housing retrofits presents an ideal opportunity to accelerate that effort. City Housing Hamilton is the social housing agency for the City of Hamilton, and they have adopted a Passive House standard to help provide their residents with high quality housing while also improving their financial, environmental and […]
CAP’s releases Green Fleets Support Package
In a previous blog post we discussed some of the challenges and opportunities of fleet electrification. Together with fleet managers from over 30 municipalities, we identified two priority recommendations: the development of electric vehicle business cases and electric vehicle employee policies. Acting on these recommendations, as part of our Federation of Canadian Municipalities funded Climate Action Support Centre project, […]
Markham Cycle’s 2020 Season a Success
How do you increase cycling in places where very few people bike? Since 2014, The Centre for Active Transportation, a project of Clean Air Partnership, has been removing barriers and sparking cycling adoption in suburban communities through a community bike hubs approach. Despite COVID, their current project in Markham reached nearly 2,000 people this summer […]
Fleet electrification – challenges and opportunities
Transportation is a significant source of GHG emissions in most municipalities. Therefore, a transition towards a low carbon fleet is needed. Clean Air Partnership works collectively with fleet managers across more than 30 municipalities in Ontario. Here are some of the challenges and opportunities for fleet electrification. Electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure Significant resources are […]
The Clean Air Council – Canada’s largest municipal climate action network
The Clean Air Council (CAC) is a project of the Clean Air Partnership (CAP). The CAC is a network of 30 municipalities and health units who have been working collaboratively for 20 years on the development and implementation of clean air, climate change, sustainability, and resilience actions. Each year we provide more than 20 in-person […]