Why Half a Degree Matters so Much.
In 2021, North America witnessed severe heatwaves and searing wildfires in British Columbia, California, and other parts of the west. Lytton, BC recorded a Canadian…
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Resources to Support Municipal Application of an Equity Lens in Climate Actions
Municipalities are looking for opportunities to increase the synergies between their climate actions and equity outcomes. In this webinar, CELA will share their resources and…
Vision Zero and Older Adults
Older Adults is one of seven emphasis areas in the City of Toronto Vision Zero Road Safety Plan. Older adults are over-represented when it comes to traffic-related…
Incubating Suburban Cycling
Building Suburban Bike Culture with Community Bike Hubs How do you grow cycling in places where currently very few people cycle? Suburban communities are cycling’s…
We are Hiring!
Position: Project Manager, The Centre for Active Transportation (TCAT) Project: TCAT, a project of Clean Air Partnership Location: Toronto office. Remote work options (required during the COVID-19 pandemic). Compensation: Full Time. $60,000-65,000,…
CAC Senior Level Government Engagement Policy Priorities and Discussion
There are a number of municipalities that have identified Senior Government Policy Engagement as an action within their Climate Action Plans. Municipalities will only be…
London’s Climate Lens Process
Mike Fabro from the City of London will share their Climate Lens development process and approach. The presentation will be followed by updates from participants…
Corporate Energy Managers COP Meeting
There is a critical mass of municipalities updating their corporate green standards regarding new and/or existing buildings. This workshop will focus on updates from municipal…
Improving Efforts to Bring Embodied Carbon into Decision Making
Embodied carbon is a critical consideration for addressing emissions from the production of building materials, however, there has been limited information regarding embodied carbon available…
COP 26 – Race to Zero Update and Discussion
This webinar will provide information on the Race to Zero, an update on Ontario municipal signatories and answer any questions and issues that municipalities may…
Community Engagement Roundtable and Collaboration Opportunities Discussion
This webinar workshop will start out with a roundtable of recent municipal community outreach efforts and findings followed by an interactive session on identification of…
Green Infrastructure and Stormwater Management
Think of the saying, when it rains, it pours and then add snowmelt, impervious urban areas that don’t absorb precipitation and what do you get?…
ESG & Carbon Accounting for Cites in Canada & USA
This webinar provides the newest developments in carbon accounting and environment, social and governance (ESG) planning and reporting in Canada and the United States, employed…
Equity and Climate Change Integration into City of Toronto’s Transportation Planning
Cycling is a mode of transportation that is not only good for your waistline and health but also for the environment. Recognizing the significant role…
Smart Cities – The Way Forward
Rapid urbanization and unsustainable development have catastrophic consequences affecting the health of the population. Cities are by far the largest contributors to GHG emissions, consuming…
Climate Action Support Centre (CASC) Retrospective Blog
The Climate Action Support Centre (CASC) project was implemented to address staff and budgetary constraints faced by municipalities in implementing climate action. These constraints posed…
Steps to Reduce In-vehicle Air Pollution Exposure
If you walk along a busy road, you are likely to inhale vehicle exhaust. Surprisingly, drivers and passengers in passing cars are breathing even more…
Deep Energy Retrofits Part 2- The City of Vancouver Advances Net Zero Emission Buildings
Why do energy retrofits matter and what are Canadian cities doing to advance them? The City of Vancouver has a target to reduce 50% of…
Deep Energy Retrofits Part 1-New York Retrofit Challenges and Advantages of Retrofits
Buildings account for almost 70 per cent of New York City’s Green House Gas (GHG) emissions. Advancing energy efficiency retrofits within our existing building stock…
The Federal Government’s Race to Zero
Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events and poses major threats to human health, biodiversity, and economic development. In the…
Corporate Energy Managers COP Meeting
This Corporate Energy Managers Community of Practice will have Stuart Galloway from the Energy Services Association of Canada speaking to examples of public and private…
Geothermal’s Super Power: Fighting Climate Change While Managing Electricity Demand
One of the challenges of weaning our society off the use of fossil fuels to heat our buildings is determining what this increased reliance on…
The Electric Bus revolution
From a 60 vehicle pilot test to an order for 300 electric buses, this webinar will feature the journey travelled by the Toronto Transit Commission…
Heat Pumps and their Role in the Low Carbon Future
To achieve our climate targets, we must reduce the use of fossil fuels to heat our homes. Heat pumps offer an efficient and cost-effective way…
EV Chargers, Grid Management and ZEVIP
This webinar will speak to how municipalities can access new federal funds to make their facilities EV-ready. The presenters will be Paul Frith and Sanjeev…
The path to making your climate action plan fundable
In this webinar, Swedish technology company ClimateView outlines the ways in which cities are making their climate action plan fundable: from transparency in data and…
Adaptation Plan Workshop – Plan Development and Implementation
In this workshop, CAP will present a breakdown of the methodology of Cost of Doing Nothing Analysis and further discuss how municipalities can use it when…
Incorporating DERs into New Developments
In this webinar, Kory Chapelle from Clean Tek Capital will share some of the learnings from California on advancing Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) and their…
Geothermal as a Climate Solution
During May we will be sharing a few blogs on the role that heat pumps and geothermal can play in helping to reduce greenhouse emissions…
Equity in Transportation: Peel Community Cycling Program
In this webinar, we will learn about the opportunities and challenges of creating a coordinated cycling program that leverages municipal government and local non-profit organizations,…
Canadian Green and Just Recovery
Green investment in Canadian cities could create 3 million jobs, reduce air pollution by a third, accelerate COVID-19 recovery, and ensure Canada delivers on climate…
Encouraging the PSAB to Remove the Natural Assets Exclusion
The Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB) is consulting on revisions to their Conceptual Framework. The Intact Centre has joined with KPMG and the Municipal Natural…
Equity Lens and Climate Actions
As part of the Equity Webinar Series that Clean Air Partnership is delivering throughout 2021, in this webinar, we invite you to join us for…
CBAT Training Webinar
In this webinar, Lucas Coletta from NRCan will provide training on the Cost-Benefit Analysis Tool (CBAT) for low rise/townhomes archetypes and the data that is…
Using Non-profits to Deliver Municipal Climate Action
In Ontario, municipal governments are responsible for providing most services within the municipal boundary including, but not limited to, water and sewage, electric utilities, road…
Race to Zero – COP 26
The Race to Zero is a global campaign run by the COP26 Presidency and High-Level Climate Champions to rally leadership and support from businesses, cities,…
Community Engagement on Municipal Climate Actions
In this webinar Ben West and Tarah Stafford from eDemocracy will share their experience with public climate engagement. Successes, outcomes, and lessons learned from the…
Advocacy Letter re Access Agreements for Enbridge
In this webinar Janice Ashworth from the City of Ottawa will present a draft letter to the Province regarding the municipal right to charge access…
Canada’s Proposed Greenhouse Gas Offset Credit System Regulations
This webinar will be structured as a discussion with Brian Jantzi (formally with the Province of Ontario and heavily involved in their offset efforts) and…
Complete Streets in the 15 Minute City
After decades of automobile-centric planning, cities around the world have begun to reimagine and redesign their streets to be safer and more inviting for everyone,…
How are Local Governments Leveraging Green Power?
Find out how a small district is turning solar and storage into revenue, greening their fleet vehicles, have supported home energy upgrades, upgraded its streetlights…
AVL Systems and Anti-Idling Approaches
Fleet managers are trying to improve efficiency via route prioritization and optimization, vehicle tracking, and reduced fuel use. In this workshop, Bhopinder Singh and Jeremy…
Equity and Climate Change Integration: City of Toronto’s Bringing Equity into Transportation Planning
This webinar will launch a 2021 webinar series that will explore strategies being used to bring equity considerations into climate action planning. Katie Wittmann and Matthew…
Advancing Net-Zero Municipal Buildings
Municipalities are advancing net-zero buildings. They are trying to determine what requirements and processes should be incorporated into net-zero building RFPs and what approaches, such…
Adaptation Plans – Experiences and Lessons Learned on Plan Development and Implementation
This workshop will present a scan of municipal Adaptation Plans and their identified actions, share municipal experiences and implementation progress updates and include breakout discussions…
Green Infrastructure and Stormwater Management
Kevin Meindl from the Buffalo Sewer Authority will be sharing Buffalo’s Raincheck Program and how they are advancing green infrastructure via its stormwater management efforts. He will speak…
Costing of Energy Improvements
This webinar will highlight the Cost-Benefit Analysis Tool (CBAT) and the Housing Technology Assessment Platform (HTAP) and how they can provide information on the costs…
Geothermal 101 and The Electrification Cost Study
In this webinar, guest speakers from the Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Institute of Canada (HRAI) and the Ontario Geothermal Association (OGA) will provide an introduction…
Hamilton Senior Housing Becomes Climate Champion
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…
Deep Energy Retrofits in Vancouver and New York
Both New York and Vancouver are moving methodically toward electrification of EXISTING buildings through retrofits. In New York City existing old multi-unit residential buildings are insulated and…
Official Plan and Climate Change Integration Workshop
Incorporating Climate Change into Official Plans (OPs) allows municipalities to identify actions that will be undertaken to mitigate GHG emissions and increase resilience to climate…
Conversion of Larger Commercial Vehicles to EVs
Municipalities are transitioning towards low carbon fleets. As electric drivetrain technologies and components move into the mainstream market, fleet electrification of pickup trucks, vans, and…
New Report: CAP’s CDM Guide and Corporate Energy Managers COP Workshop
Municipalities are required to develop and implement Conservation and Demand Management (CDM) Plans. Clean Air Partnership developed a Guide to assist municipalities with moving their…
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…
Greening Government Services Webinar
Nick Xenos from Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat will be joining us to share the approach being used by the Government of Canada to transition…
Climate Lens of Combined Heat and Power
In this webinar, Juan Sotes from The Atmospheric Fund will share their analysis of the climate impact of different space heating alternatives (boilers, heat pumps, CHP) and their…
Insurance companies and the perceived risk related to solar PV and storage
Insurance companies’ risk determination related to solar PV and storage may pose a challenge to implementing community distributed energy actions (which is a high priority…
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,…
Mitigating Flood Risks in Canada: a “whole of society” approach to limiting costly damages
Flooding is the costliest extreme-weather disaster in Canada. In response to this foreboding challenge, Canada has developed a compilation of national standards, guidelines and practical, proven…
EV-Ready Requirements Best Practices and Updates
In this webinar, we will review best practices for municipal EV ready requirements for new construction and discuss the potential policy levers municipalities can use…
Ultra-Cool Heat Recovery & Natural Refrigerants
This webinar is part of a series of webinars on low carbon solutions that the Clean Air Partnership is providing throughout 2020. Author Bruce Nagy…
Zero Emissions Buildings Exchange
In this webinar, Rob Bernhardt from Passive House Canada will talk about the zero-emissions buildings exchange planned for the GTHA. Over the past 6 months,…
Ontario Urban Forest Council Annual Conference- Cultivating and Protecting Our Green Legacy
Ontario Urban Forest Council is hosting 2020 Virtual Conference & AGM which aims to address how urban forest conservation is championed through various initiatives. This…
Advancing Equity and Justice within Municipal Climate Action Planning
This workshop will feature presentations from Theresa McClenaghan and Jacqueline Wilson from CELA and the Low Income Energy Network (LIEN), Randy Sa’d (REFOCUS) and Claire…
Carbon Budgeting Webinar
This webinar will be delivered by Clean Air Partnership, ClimateActionWR, and Canadian Urban Sustainability Practitioners (CUSP). We will provide an introduction to Carbon Budgeting, and showcase examples of…
Webinar: Net Zero Homes: Toronto’s Future
Join Clean Air Partnership and the City of Toronto’s BetterHomesTO team for a weekly webinar series that will guide Toronto homeowners through renovations to make…
Webinar: Introduction to Passive House
Join Clean Air Partnership and the City of Toronto’s BetterHomesTO team for a weekly webinar series that will guide Toronto homeowners through renovations to make…
Webinar: Prepare Your Home for an Electric Vehicle
Join Clean Air Partnership and the City of Toronto’s BetterHomesTO team for a weekly webinar series that will guide Toronto homeowners through renovations to make…
Webinar: Solar PV and Battery Storage
Join Clean Air Partnership and the City of Toronto’s BetterHomesTO team for a weekly webinar series that will guide Toronto homeowners through renovations to make…
Webinar: Heat Pumps
Join Clean Air Partnership and the City of Toronto’s BetterHomesTO team for a weekly webinar series that will guide Toronto homeowners through renovations to make…
Webinar: High-Efficiency Heating and Cooling
Join Clean Air Partnership and the City of Toronto’s BetterHomesTO team for a weekly webinar series that will guide Toronto homeowners through renovations to make…
Webinar: Your Building Envelope: Air Sealing, Insulation, Windows & Doors
Join Clean Air Partnership and the City of Toronto’s BetterHomesTO team for a weekly webinar series that will guide Toronto homeowners through renovations to make…
Applying a Climate Lens to COVID Response and Recovery Plans
At Clean Air Partnership we have created a climate lens for use in municipal decision making. The climate lens asks, ‘how will a municipal decision…
Can we really electrify all our buildings & vehicles?
This webinar is part of a series on climate solutions that the Clean Air Partnership is providing throughout 2020. The grid impacts, GHG emissions &…
Planning Your Home Renovation: A Step-by-Step Guide
Join Clean Air Partnership and the City of Toronto’s BetterHomesTO team for a weekly webinar series that will guide Toronto homeowners through renovations to make…
Rebates and Financing For Your Home Renovation
Join Clean Air Partnership and the City of Toronto’s BetterHomesTO team for a weekly webinar series that will guide Toronto homeowners through renovations to make…
Energy Considerations For Your Home Renovation
Join Clean Air Partnership and the City of Toronto’s BetterHomesTO team for a weekly webinar series that will guide Toronto homeowners through renovations to make…
Planning Your Home Renovation: A Step-by-Step Guide
This webinar is part of weekly webinar series that will guide Toronto homeowners through renovations to make their homes more comfortable, healthy and reduce harmful…
Webinar: Emerging Technologies, Electric and Autonomous Vehicles
While municipalities are transitioning towards using a low carbon fleet, the need for emerging technology is rising. In this webinar, we will learn more about…
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…
TCAT Releases New Report on Health, Equity and Active Transportation in Markham
Neighbourhoods in Markham with more low-income residents have higher rates of pedestrian and cyclist collisions, finds a new research report by The Centre for Active Transportation (TCAT)…
Working Together to Plan for COVID and Climate Summary Webinar
In this webinar, we will summarize the connections and alignment between our COVID response and recovery and climate actions that we covered over the last…
Low carbon buildings that overcame obstacles
Clean Air Partnership is hosting a webinar where Tim McDonald and Bruce Nagy will highlight innovative low carbon buildings from a builder’s perspective, downtown challenges…
Municipal Climate Lens Tool
About the Tool The Municipal Climate Lens Tool was developed by Clean Air Partnership in conjunction with Ontario municipalities. It is designed to provide a…
Toward Planning Alignment
In Ontario, the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), local distribution companies (LDCs), natural gas utilities, and local governments are increasingly engaging in localized and integrated…
Celebrating Ten Years of Co-Designing Active Cities
In April 2020, the Active Neighbourhoods Canada [ANC] network celebrated ten years of co-designing active communities across Canada. The Centre for Active Transportation (TCAT) at…
Why Standards for Green Development Should be a Standard Part of Municipal Climate Action
Housing development in Ontario seems to be proceeding frantically. In Toronto, there are no shortage of towering condo developments appearing as if by magic. Across…
Solar, Microgrids & Small Battery Technology Webinar
This webinar is part of a series on climate solutions that the Clean Air Partnership is providing throughout 2020. Bruce Nagy, author and host of…
Climate Action in Small Communities
There are 444 municipalities in Ontario. Approximately 90% of these communities are populations of less than 25,000. Tacking climate change poses specific challenges for communities…
Ontario’s Green Infrastructure Sector in Today’s Economy Webinar
Clean Air Partnership is hosting a webinar where we will explore to what degree green infrastructure is an important contributor to Ontario’s economy. Jenn Court…
Planning for COVID and Climate Webinar Series: Food Security, Urban Agriculture and Community Garden Efforts
Clean Air Partnership is hosting a series of webinars. Please join us for a collective effort to explore the connections and alignment opportunities between our…
Planning for COVID and Climate Webinar Series:Telecommuting
Clean Air Partnership is hosting a series of webinars. Please join us for a collective effort to explore the connections and alignment opportunities between our…
Planning for COVID and Climate Webinar Series: Active and Micro Mobility Opportunities
Clean Air Partnership is hosting a series of webinars. Please join us for a collective effort to explore the connections and alignment opportunities between our…
Planning for COVID and Climate Webinar Series: Road Space Reallocation
Clean Air Partnership is hosting a series of webinars. Join us for a collective effort to explore the connections and alignment opportunities between our COVID…
Green Development Standards – Identifying and Addressing Implementation Issues Webinar
Clean Air Partnership worked with a group of 8 municipalities on the Climate Action Support Centre (CASC) project. This project created a toolkit to help…
EV Charging in Rural Areas
Clean Air Partnership is hosting a webinar where we will see examples of a community-led approach to regional EV charging networks. Jen Grebeldinger, from Community…
Planing for COVID and Climate Webinar Series: Green Space
In this webinar we will discuss: Managing Green Space use During COVID and Post COVID Peak, and How Increased Appreciation of Green Spaces can build…
Needed During Covid: Space & So Much More
“I haven’t been on a bike in years, and this will help so much!” These were the words of Jessica, an addiction services worker, who recently…
Planning for COVID and Climate
This webinar will explore municipal interest in applying a COVID lens to climate actions. We will explore the potential role of climate actions in supporting…
Water Positive Buildings & Sewage Water Heat Recovery
This webinar is part of a series on climate solutions that the Clean Air Partnership is providing throughout 2020. Bruce Nagy, author and host of…
Workplace EV Charging for Municipalities Webinar
Cara Clairman, the president and CEO of Plug’n Drive, will share why workplace charging is so critical to EV adoption. In this webinar, we will…
Municipalities and Youth – Webinar on Meaningful Engagement for Climate Action
Clean Air Partnership is hosting a webinar with presenter Laura Hache from Innovative MY Future. Innovate MY Future (IMF) is a platform for young people…
Energy Poverty and Application of an Equity Lens into Municipal Energy and Climate Action Plans
Clean Air Partnership is hosting a webinar where The Canadian Urban Sustainability Practitioners (CUSP) network will present their Energy Poverty and Equity Explorer Tool. Abhi…
The Helsinki Energy Challenge
The Helsinki Energy Challenge is a 1M euro global challenge to find the future of zero-carbon urban heating. The City of Toronto is supporting the…
Establishing Municipal GHG Reduction Targets
In this webinar, Kevin Behan and Gabriella Kalapos from Clean Air Partnership will discuss strategies for establishing GHG reduction targets for both the municipal corporation…
Incubating cycling in suburban communities
Cycling offers communities a wide range of potential benefits, including improved health, friendlier streets, reduced traffic congestion, reductions in GHG emissions, and improvements in air…
Incubating Cycling across Suburban Canadian Communities Webinar
Participate in The Centre for Active Transportation (TCAT)’s webinar to learn how to incubate cycling through a community bike hub approach and tap into the…
The Nexus Between Smart and Sustainable Cities
How are we designing our cities to be smart and sustainable? How do municipal efforts compare and contrast with one another? How are cities digitally…
National Building Code Webinar and CAC Consultation
This webinar will explore the feedback that the Clean Air Council may want to provide to the National Building Code Consultation. Further, Kevin Lockhart from…
Green Fleet Workshop
The focus of this workshop will be on working with fleet teams and managers to explore targets, needs, and actions within fleet plans. We will…
Accelerating Energy & Environmental Planning
The focus of this webinar will be on supporting smaller municipalities. We will share the experiences and lessons learned in the Town of Milton. Joe…
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…
Passive House & Affordable Housing Low Carbon Case Examples
This webinar is part of a series of webinars on climate solutions that Clean Air Partnership will provide throughout 2020. Bruce Nagy, author and host…
Energy Reporting: an Enabling Action that Leads to Energy and Greenhouse Gas Reductions
It is frequently said that what gets measured gets managed, but we also often hear the saying that what is truly important cannot be measured.…
EV Charging Options Webinar
Jules Brenner from AmpUp will present on EV Charging options. AmpUp is a mobile app that displays private and reservable stations hosted on their Peer…
Climate Lens Workshop and Sustainablity Metrics Updates Workshop
During the morning section of this workshop (10 am – 12:30 pm), we will work collaboratively to develop a preliminary simplified climate change lens light…
E-Scooters Webinar
In this workshop, we will learn more about E-Scooter ride share programs. Nathan Carswell, formerly with the City of Calgary and Stewart Lyons from Bird,…
Compounding the zero-emission impact
On January 9th, the City of Toronto’s Infrastructure and Environment Committee will decide whether or not to adopt an Electric Vehicle (EV) Strategy. This strategy…
Why are we not talking about air pollution in Ontario?
When Clean Air Partnership was established 20 years ago, air pollution was a public health crisis that rightly attracted considerable media and political attention. Smog…
BOMA’s Building Resilience Briefings and Checklist Webinar
Bala Gnanam will be presenting on BOMA’s efforts and tools to engage Commercial Building Owners and Managers on awareness of their extreme weather risks and…
Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Webinar
As part of the Low Carbon Transportation Series of webinars and workshops organized by Clean Air Partnership, this webinar is a continuation of our effort…
Smart Energy Communities Meeting
A team from QUEST Canada will be sharing about the pathways to Smart Energy Communities. Meet the team and the topics they will discuss: QUEST…
EV Strategy Workshop Summary Report and Discussion (Webinar)
This webinar will report back from November 8th EV Workshop and Workplan Development and gather additional input. The goal of the webinar is to identify…
Active Transportation Webinar – Increasing Cycling in Canada: A Guide to What Works
Increasing Cycling in Canada: A Guide to What Works, offers municipalities ten recommended actions to grow cycling in their communities. Communities can take tangible action…
Resilience Workshop
This workshop will provide a summary of what came up from the Webinar on Nov 5th. This will follow up with couple presentations that…
Adaptation and Resilience Plans and Actions Update Webinar
This webinar will provide updates from CAC members on progress made on Adaptation and Resilience Plans and Actions. Each of the municipality will have…
Electric Vehicle Strategy Workshop
This workshop will bring participants together to discuss strategies and develop a workplan for the EV readiness and uptake actions that came out as…
Green Development Standards Workshop
This workshop will feature two presentations from Great Gulf Homes and Geothermal Utility. The focus of the presentations will be to introduce to the…
Smart Mobility for Public Transportation Webinar
The pilot project at Belleville, ON allows citizens to order a pickup for the night line bus. The transportation service is on demand, through…
Corporate Energy Managers Community of Practice Workshop
Daniela Paraschiv, City of Mississauga’s Experience with Business Intelligence Tool to Support Energy Budgeting Dejan Skoric, City of Toronto, Recoverable Debt Financing Model &…
Green Development Standards Webinar
Vanessa Cipriani from Clean Air Partnership will provide overview of Green Development Standards (GDS) Metrics that currently exist and had been used from different…
Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure in New Buildings Webinar
Brendan McEwen from AES Engineering will be sharing the story of municipal actions aimed at ensuring new buildings are EV ready and how they…
Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Webinar
Suzanne Goldberg from Chargepoint will join us to present on the different types of charging infrastructure and their pros and cons (compare smart vs. not…
Green Infrastructure Workshop
Robert Muir, City of Markham: Don Mills Channel Project Adam Barkovitz, York Region: York Region Forest Management Plan Yuestas David, TRCA and Mark Pajot,…
New Buildings Low Carbon Transformation Webinar
The September 18th at 2 pm New Buildings Low Carbon Transformation Webinar will have presentations from: Fernando Carou from the City of Toronto will speak…
Climate Action Support Centre (CASC)
Over the past decade, municipalities have made significant progress in municipal climate action planning. However, implementing these plans has been challenging, especially around community climate…
Municipalities Acting on Climate Together (Municipalities ACT) Network
The Municipalities ACT (MACT) Network is coherent group of like-minded municipal elected officials from Ontario municipalities focused on supporting/enabling municipal climate action initiatives. The Network…
Clean Air Partnership Board Meeting and Annual General Meeting
The Clean Air Partnership Annual General Meeting will take place from 5:30 -6:00 pm and The Clean Air Partnership CAP Board Meeting will follow from…
Municipal EV Strategies Workshop
Draft Agenda for Municipal EV Strategies Workshop The Electric Vehicle Discovery Centre 1126 Finch Avenue West, Unit 1, North York, ON, M3J 3J6 Register to…
Clean Air Council Meeting
Bruce Nagy will be joining us on Friday May 24th from 10 am – 1 pm for our Clean Air Council meeting where he will…
Municipal Tools for Catalyzing Net-Zero Energy Development Webinar
At this webinar Derek Satnik from s2e Technologies will present an overview of the cross-Canada research on how different cities can effectively enable developers to…
Clean Air Council Meeting
Topic Summary: Green Procurement and Green Industry Roadmap as well as information on an upcoming initiative from Youth Challenge International – GTHA Edition 10 am…
Clean Air Partnership Board Member Recruitment
The Clean Air Partnership (CAP) is seeking candidates for its Board of Directors, which consists currently of eleven (11) members. The Board provides: Strategic guidance…
Accelerating Electric Vehicle Uptake
Clean Air Partnership and Plug’n Drive are working in partnership to support the acceleration of Electric Vehicles (EVs) in Ontario through the advancement of municipal…
Clean Air Council Meeting
10:00 Welcome and Introductions 10:10 – 11:40 Presentations: Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines Jeff Ranson, CaGBC Munim Ahmer, City of Toronto 11:40…
Developing a Multi-Year Urban GHG Emission Inventory by Harnessing the Breadth and Depth of an Urban Traffic Count Program
In this webinar, Marianne Hatzopoulou (University of Toronto) will present her research on the development of the Traffic Emission Prediction scheme (TEPs) for the prediction…
Green Procurement Webinar
Green Procurement Webinar Draft Agenda Trisha Henderson, Town of Oakville Green Procurement Actions and Update Natalie Adams, City of Mississauga Green Procurement Actions and Update
Home Energy Efficiency Design Charrette
Draft Agenda 9:30 am Coffee and morning snacks 10:00 am Workshop Goals and Structure Table Allocations 10:15 First Table Round 10:45 …
Low Emission Transportation Workshop
Will present and discuss municipal levers and opportunities for supporting the transition to lower emission vehicles at the corporate as well as community level. Workshop…
Green Development Standards Workshop
Green Development Workshop Friday November 16th, 2018 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Location: Room 308 at Metro Hall, 55 John Street, Toronto (south of King…
Clean Air Consultation on Climate Change Plan Submission
Will be finalizing the draft Clean Air Council submission to provide to the Province of Ontario for the November 16th deadline. For all municipalities or…
Energy Conservation Management Plans Survey Results and Next Steps Discussion
The Corporate Energy Managers were hoping to get a better sense of where other jurisdictions were planning on going with their 2019 Energy Conservation Plans.…
Bringing Climate Change into Official Plans
REGISTER HERE Webinar Registration DRAFT AGENDA 10:00 am Introductions and Workshop Goals: Gabriella Kalapos, Clean Air Partnership 10:25 Official Plan and Climate Change…
Green Procurement Webinar
Clean Air Council Green Procurement Webinar # 2 Wednesday September 19th, 2018 (2 pm – 3:30 pm) Registration Link Rob McMonagle, City of Toronto Green…
Clean Air Council Meeting – Air Quality Monitoring
10:00 Welcome and Introductions 10:10 – 10:30 Kaitlin Carroll, The Atmospheric Fund: Energy Efficiency Impacts on Indoor Air Quality: Multi-Residential Case Studies 10:30 – 11:00…
Clean Air Council Climate Change Messaging Workshop
10:00 – 10:30 Clean Air Council Joint Actions and Funding Discussion 10:30 – 11:15 Presentation on Tamsen Webster’s Red Thread 11:15 – 12:30 Workshop on…
Healthy Streets, Healthy People
A free workshop for medical and public health students on how to become a health advocate for active travel. Hosted by The Canadian Association of…
CVUP115: Planning Active Transportation
CVUP 115: Planning Active Transportation is a seven-week course (Thursdays, 6:30-9:30pm) offered through Ryerson’s Chang School of Continuing Education. It explores participatory design and engagement practices, with…
Complete Streets in Canada: Designing for Change
The Toronto Centre for Active Transportation is pleased to be partnering with the National Complete Streets Coalition in the US to host this webinar that…
Co-Designing the Active City
Join us for a free panel discussion to officially launch TCAT’s new course: Planning Active Transportation, at Ryerson’s Chang School of Continuing Education. Toronto Star columnist and Spacing Magazine co-founder Shawn Micallef,…
Clean Air Council Meeting
Clean Air Council Consultations on the Draft Community Emissions Reduction Planning: A Guide for Municipalities and the Municipal Energy Planning Program Friday January 26th, 2017
Partners for Climate Protection – Ontario Region Resources
Partners for Climate Protection Ontario Region Resources: Low(er) Carbon Building Financing Options and Resources – March 7th, 20918 presentation pdf webinar recording CHEERIO – Collaboration…
Partners for Climate Protection (PCP)
Clean Air Partnership has been selected by FCM to be the Ontario regional climate advisor for the FCM-ICLEI Partners for Climate Protection (PCP) program. Leading a…
Community Energy Financing
Clear Air Council meeting will focus on financing strategies to support Community Energy Plan implementation.
Health Vulnerability Assessments & Climate Resilience Opportunities Workshop
This workshop will bring together stakeholders who are developing/have developed health vulnerability assessments and/or resources and guidance for the development of health vulnerability assessments. We…
Harmonized Heat Warning and Information System
Extreme heat poses a significant health risk to Canadians. Epidemiological evidence from recent extreme heat events in Canada has demonstrated a link between heat and…
Collaboration on Home Energy Efficiency Retrofits in Ontario (CHEERIO)
CHEERIO is the Collaboration on Home Energy Efficiency Retrofits in Ontario. The overall goal of this project is to collaboratively design a high-quality, multi-municipality pilot…
Clean Air Council Environmental Progress Through Collaboration
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Complete Streets for Canada
In July 2012, with funding from the Ontario Trillium Foundation, TCAT launched the Complete Streets for Canada policy and design hub website. The website features…
Active Neighbourhoods Canada
With funding from the Public Health Agency of Canada’s Innovation Strategy to achieve healthier weights in Canada’s communities, Active Neighbourhoods Canada is a pan-Canadian initiative…
Air Quality Monitoring Roundtable
Toronto Public Health and Clean Air Partnership convened an Air Quality Monitoring Roundtable to better understand and explore the interest across the Greater Toronto and…
Ontario Energy Community of Practice
For many municipalities, there is a disconnect between broader provincial planning policies and programs and local energy planning efforts, adding a layer of complexity and…
Municipal Adaptation Training Program
As part of the Ontario Regional Adaptation Collaborative, Clean Air Partnership delivered an Intensive Municipal Adaptation Training in climate change adaptation planning for municipal officials…
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Our offices are located on the traditional territories of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Haudenosaunee, the Anishinabek, and the Wendat peoples.…
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Approach CAP responds to emerging needs through provision of services across three key areas Clean Air Partnership acknowledges that we are on the traditional territory…