Low Carbon Energy Planning at New Horizon
The energy planning team from New Horizon Development Group will be sharing their approach to low carbon energy planning and the process they use to…
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My Decarbonization Journey by Mike Layton
Toronto’s homes and buildings account for 57 percent of the city’s total emissions. These emissions arise mainly from burning fossil fuels for space and water…
Toronto’s Deep Retrofit Challenge
Timeline: 2022 onwards Through the Deep Retrofit Challenge, the City aims to provide funding to support deep energy retrofits in 10 to 16 buildings in…
Looking out for our most vulnerable during extreme heat events
Heat events can have a major impact on health in Canada and around the world. For example, in 2003 Europe experienced unseasonably hot weather which…
Geothermal Utilities – How They Work With Developers to Advance Lower Carbon Options
This webinar will have Geoff Olsen from Enwave and Tim Weber from Diverso and will be moderated by Paul Frith, OGA board member. It will…
‘Streets For All’ or ‘Streets for the Housed’?
TCAT, like many active transportation and road safety organizations, has long been a proponent of Complete Streets, an approach to road design that seeks to…
Municipal Corporate Energy Managers Workshop (In-person)
The Municipal Corporate Energy Managers will be having the first in-person workshop (since COVID times) where they will be sharing lessons learned on programs and…
CAC Canada Green Building Consultation
The Government of Canada is developing a Green Buildings Strategy and the Clean Air Council will be providing input into the draft Canada Green Buildings…
Retrofit Halton Hills Program
In support of Town Council’s 2019 Climate Emergency Declaration and the resulting net-zero by 2030 target, the Town of Halton Hills has developed the Retrofit…
COMPASS Energy Modelling Benchmarking
In partnership with RWDI and with support from The Atmospheric Fund, Sustainable Buildings Canada is pleased to announce the latest update to the Compass platform. …
SolarTO Webinar
In 2020, the City of Toronto launched a program aimed at increasing solar installations on Toronto rooftops. One of the barriers to adoption is the lack of…
Community Energy Plan Alignment and Implementation Framework
Pollution Probe and QUEST have jointly developed a Community Energy Planning (CEP) Alignment and Framework that provides an integrated approach that communities can employ to…
Toronto’s Six-Points Revitalization Project
The revamping of Six Points Junction in Toronto opened up public lands to build a new Etobicoke Civic Centre, expand park land, and construct approximately…
Implementation of Nature-based Solutions by Municipalities to Advance Climate Action
Nature-based solutions (NBS) are multi-functional, economical and provide a variety of benefits for local government and communities, such as improved health and well-being, reduced pollution and revitalized urban spaces.
Market Analysis and Program Design for Municipal Retrofit Programs
This project uses a cohort of seven municipal partners (London, Clarington, Kawartha Lakes, Barrie, Dufferin County, Huntsville, and Tay Valley Township) to undertake a feasibility…
Clarington’s Backyard Tree Planting Program
Timeline: 2022 – 2023 Clarington is partnering with Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests (LEAF) and the Region of Durham on a one-year backyard tree…
Information Session + Workshop: Primer on Embodied Carbon Policy Considerations for Municipal Governments
Please join an upcoming information session and workshop to learn about an upcoming primer on embodied carbon policy considerations for municipal governments. This primer will…
BetterHomes Ontario Consortium
Reducing the greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change is a key priority for all orders of government in Canada. Provincially, the heating and cooling…
Single Occupancy Electric Vehicles – a Stopgap, not a Climate Solution
North American cities have undergone dramatic changes over the last century. Locations that were once inconvenient have become accessible through extensive road networks leading to…
Ottawa’s High Performance Development Standards
Timeline: 2022 onwards Ottawa is introducing City’s first Green Development Standard known as the HPDS (High-Performance Development Standard). This is an important foundational step to…
Clarington’s Trees for Rural Roads Program
Clarington initiated the Trees for Rural Roads (TRR) program in 2012 to help restore the historical rural roadside tree canopy and the natural beauty of…
Clarington’s Electric Vehicle Adoption and EV Infrastructure Advancement
Timeline: 2021 – 2026 The Municipality of Clarington has been transitioning its fleet to EVs. Clarington has begun to budget and change its vehicle fleet…
Clean Air Partnership’s Annual General Meeting
Clean Air Partnership will be hosting its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday, June 15th, 2022, at 5:30 PM Eastern Time. The meeting will be…
Is a Lack of Data around Best Practice Informed Policy a Problem for the Active Transportation World?
Active transportation (AT) researchers, advocates, and practitioners are data-hungry people. We continuously seek out slightly newer best practices and slightly more robust case studies. This…
Driving Savings Calculator
This simple calculator uses data to quantify monetary savings and emissions reductions through different work models adopted by employees – fully in office, hybrid, or fully remote.
Emissions Calculator Assumptions and Data Sources
Vehicle efficiency and emissions: For diesel and gas powered vehicles, the Natural Resources Canada 2016 Fuel Consumption Ratings were used All hybrids are assumed to…
EV Workplace Charging Policy-Learnings from Municipality of Clarington
As municipal EV fleets grow, issues relating to charging, maintenance and operations are inevitable. Some municipalities such as Clarington have advanced EV charging policy, identified…
Climate Change Is Not A Spectator Sport
Tim Short is a Partner at Laszlo Energy Services and a father of three wonderful sons born in the early 2000s. At that time,…
Active Transportation: All Season Cycling Beyond Bike Friendly Signage
Municipalities are expanding their cycling infrastructure and have observed that bicycle use sometimes varies between seasons. Each season poses different challenges for a cyclist but…
Driving Emissions Calculator
Since the emergence of COVID-19 in 2020, many of us have worked remotely. As we emerge from the pandemic, employers and employees must decide on…
Guiding Urban Forestry Policy Into The Next Decade
How effective are the current private tree protection policies and their management strategies across Ontario? In this webinar, Kaitlin Webber, Melissa Le Geyt, Theresa O’Neill…
EV Workplace Charging Policy
Many municipalities are working on developing and rolling out the EV Workplace Charging Policy and are grappling with operations and maintenance issues as the charging…
Getting to Zero Emissions in Municipal Buildings
For several years CAP has facilitated the Municipal Corporate Energy Managers Community of Practice, where designs and plans have been advanced. Scaling up climate action…
Peel Region’s Net Zero Carbon New Construction of an Affordable Housing Facility, East Avenue.
Timeline: 2021 onwards The Region of Peel is seeking to construct a CaGBC certified zero-carbon building with high energy performance for the new construction of…
Peel Region’s Net Zero Carbon Retrofit of Regional Headquarters
The Region of Peel will be completing a deep energy retrofit of Suite A, the Region’s headquarter building located in Brampton. Although it will be…
Net Zero Carbon Retrofit of an Affordable Housing Facility, Weaver’s Hill
Timeline: 2019 onwards Weavers Hill is an affordable housing facility located in Mississauga. It is one of the larger emitters of GHG’s in the Region’s…
Ammonia Based Aeration Control and Co-generation Initiative at Clarkson Wastewater Treatment Plant in Peel
The Clarkson Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) is in south Mississauga and serves west part of Brampton and Mississauga. It currently has treatment capacity 350 million…
David Dunlap Observatory Long-term Woodlot Restoration
Timeline: 2017 onwards The goal is to restore David Dunlap Observatory Park to a healthy and diverse urban forest that provides habitat to local wildlife…
Beaver Woodland Restoration Project
Timeline: 2017 onwards The goal is to restore Beaver Woodland to a healthy and diverse urban forest while maintaining it as a recreational site for…
Elgin Mills Greenway Restoration Project
Timeline: 2021 onwards The goal is to ensure the restored Elgin Mills Greenway remains a healthy and diverse urban forest that provides habitat to local…
Phyllis Rawlinson Park Restoration Project
Timeline: 2017 onwards The goal is to restore Phyllis Rawlinson Park to a healthy and diverse ecosystem while maintaining it as a recreational site for…
Smart Commute – Markham, Richmond Hill
Smart Commute Markham, Richmond Hill is a workplace travel program of York Region, in partnership with the Cities of Markham and Richmond Hill, connecting employees…
Richmond Hill’s Lake-to-Lake Trail
Timeline: 2020 onwards The Lake to Lake Cycling Route and Walking Trail will be a 121 km north-south recreational and commuter trail connecting Lake Simcoe…
Richmond Hill Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
Two EV charging stations are located in the public parking lot at the City’s Municipal Offices (225 East Beaver Creek Road) and one EV charging…
Clean Air Partnership launches the Climate Action Atlas
Climate change is the most critical challenge of our time. Around the world, people are accustomed to thinking about climate challenges as future threats leading…
Net Zero Community Centre Webinar
Join the City of Toronto, MJMA, and CAP in an informative session about the award-winning design of the new City of Toronto Western North York…
Net Zero Design for City of Toronto Multi-Function Paramedic Station
Join the City of Toronto, DSAI, gh*3, CAGBC, and CAP for an informative session about the award-winning design of the new City of Toronto Paramedic Services…
Clean Energy Technology & Disinformation by Professor Mark Jacobson
Government, companies and communities want to be certain which technologies really are green, and which are not, in the face of today’s well-funded, sophisticated disinformation efforts.…
What if Culture Matters Just as Much as Infrastructure?
A few weeks ago, I was sitting in a virtual seminar mostly comprised of other BIPOC attendees when a young woman shyly said, “Some of…
Climate Action Atlas
The Climate Action Atlas showcases municipal climate mitigation actions undertaken in Ontario and inspires municipalities and communities to take up new and creative approaches to reduce the severity of climate change and build a more equitable and resilient society.
Ajax Green Development and Environmental Design Guidelines
Timeline: 2021 onwards The Green Development and Environmental Design Guidelines (GDEDG) is a municipal green standard that was initiated to establish sustainability-related design guidelines and…
Canadian Centre for Climate Services Webinar
The Canadian Centre for Climate Services (CCCS), part of Environment Climate Change Canada (ECCC), provides Canadians with information and support to consider climate change in…
Oshawa Textile Recycling Program
Timeline: 2018 onwards The City of Oshawa has partnered with Diabetes Canada and York University on a textile recycling program to help combat textile waste in…
EV Ready Requirements – Results from Consultation and City of Toronto Case Study
As part of the EV Ready Costing Study, consultations with municipalities, developers and utilities were undertaken. During this webinar Gaby from CAP will highlight some…
Electrifying Light Duty Equipment
When we think of activities that contribute to climate change, we often think of industrial-scale activities such as manufacturing. Rarely do we associate routine activities…
Mississauga Burnhamthorpe Community Centre Renovation
Timeline: 2019 onwards. Mississauga began renovating and building a new addition to the Burnhamthorpe Community Centre to meet the needs of the community in 2019.…
Climate Lens: Municipal Input on Where We Are and Where We Need to Go
Municipalities have identified the development of a climate lens to inform municipal decision-making and transparency as a priority action. Ontario municipalities would like to facilitate…
Working with Energy Advisors: Understanding their Role and Contributions
Energy Advisors are key players in the energy efficiency ecosystem. They work with builders, renovators, homeowners, contractors, etc. as well as supporting programs and long-term…
Electric Vehicle Charging and Social Housing Retrofit Supports
During this webinar The Atmospheric Fund will be presenting information on two new programs that support municipal climate actions. The EV Station Fund which is targeting the…
Municipal Discussions on Climate Levy
Municipalities are advancing ambitious Climate Action Plans that commit to science-based greenhouse gas reductions and identifying and acting on their community climate impacts. Implementing the…
Ajax Lower Duffins Creek Wetland Restoration
Timeline: 2021 onwards In 2021, Ducks Unlimited Canada and Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA), with support from Town of Ajax and Region of Durham,…
Ajax Kerrison Wetland Restoration
Timeline: 2021 onwards In 2021, the Town of Ajax was successful in securing a grant from the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP): COVID-19 Resiliency…
Ajax Textile Diversion Program
Timeline: 2021 onwards. In May 2021, Council approved the Textile Diversion Program and corresponding actions to help drastically increase textile diversion rates across the community…
Ajax Carruthers Creek Wetland Complex Conservation
Timeline: 2021 onwards In 2021, Town of Ajax collaborated with TRCA and Ontario Nature as part of the Pathway to Canada Target 1 Initiative. This…
London’s Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) at Greenway Wastewater Treatment Plant
Timeline: 2018 onwards The City of London’s Wastewater Treatment Operations Division incinerates the dewatered waste solids at Greenway. A by-product of the incineration process was…
London Electric Ice Re-surfacers
Timeline: 2020 onwards In 2020, City made an important decision to replace all compressed natural gas (CNG) ice re-surfacers with electric re-surfacers. Eight ice re-surfacers…
Home Energy Labeling – a Natural and Necessary Complement to Energy Efficiency Programming
While we rightly expect transparency from labels on our food, appliances and vehicle purchases, our homes, the single largest purchase most Canadians will ever make,…
Kingston Transit Electric Buses
Timeline: 2021 onwards. Kingston Transit added two fully electric buses to its fleet in 2021. The battery-powered buses are zero-emission and can travel on roads…
Brampton Transit Electric Buses
Timeline: 2021 onwards. Brampton Transit added eight zero-emission buses into service in May 2021. The new zero-emission buses were a part of the global deployment…
Climate Opportunities in the Agricultural Sector in Wellington County
Clean Air Council will be launching an Agricultural Climate Opportunities webinar series to highlight climate opportunities in the agricultural sector and how governments are engaging…
Toronto ActiveTO Bike lanes
Timeline: 2020 onwards. In the spring of 2020, Toronto launched its popular ActiveTO program as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, the Toronto…
Red Light for Automated Speed Enforcement
“Roadway design/maintenance has never been objective. Design and engineering are more effective than policing.” – Dr. Destiny Thomas Toronto City Council recently approved a plan…
Ontario Climate Caucus
The Ontario Climate Caucus is a non-partisan network of almost 150 Ontario Mayors and Councillors working collaboratively alongside 300 additional Mayors and Councillors across Canada to build equitable, regenerative, and resilient communities.
We are Hiring a Freelance Report Designer
We are looking for a freelance Report Designer to join our team. They will be responsible for designing Clean Air Partnership reports on an ad-hoc…
District Energy and Canada’s Low Carbon Future
Clean Air Partnership is working with the Swedish-Canadian Chamber of Commerce to bring learnings from Stockholm to inform local district energy and waste heat opportunities.…
Brantford Climate Lens and Youth Engagement Efforts
The City of Brantford recognizes that many decisions considered by council have climate impacts and has therefore adopted a climate lens tool that will detail…
Climate Accountability in Municipal Decision Making
Over 500 Canadian municipalities have now declared climate emergencies. These Declarations often include direction for staff to apply a climate lens (or similar measure) to…
Climate and Agricultural Protection and Financial Sustainability Implications of Growth Management Decisions
The Province of Ontario has directed Ontario municipalities to re-open their growth management decisions and discuss and vote on municipal growth boundary expansions. This webinar…
Supporting Youth Engagement in Municipal Climate Action
Municipalities and Youth Groups have been working hard to support youth engagement in municipal climate action. This webinar will share results from research and interviews…
Clean Air Partnership’s 2021 at a Glance
2021 was a year like no other. Despite the pandemic bringing sustained challenges, Clean Air Partnership continued to engage municipalities and stakeholders and made progress…
Federal Single Use Plastics Prohibition Regulation Consultation
Environment and Climate Change Canada is seeking input on their proposed Single-Use Plastics Prohibition Regulations and a Clean Air Council submission will be developed. A webinar consultation…
York Region Renewable Energy Systems
Timeline: 2016 onwards. Installation of 375 kW of emission free solar photovoltaic generation, producing approximately $150,000 in annual revenues. Water conservation and inflow and infiltration…
York Region Transit Upgrades
Timeline: 2015 onwards. Many transit upgrades were carried out in the Viva network including: new rapidways on Yonge street/Newmarket, Richmond Hill, Bathurst and Center area…
York Region Transportation Demand Management
Timeline: 2007 onwards. The MyTrip is a program designed to help residents make informed choices that will improve their travel, making it easier to get…
Waterloo Region EV Chargers
Timeline 2020 onwards. In 2020, the Region of Waterloo installed 33 Level 2 EV chargers installed in public spaces around the region. The region has…
Town of Whitby Green Development Standards
Timeline 2020 onwards. The Whitby Green Standard (WGS) is based on the Town’s vision for a healthy, sustainable and complete community as advanced in the…
Waterloo Region Transit Upgrades
Timeline: 2014-2019. Construction on the light rail system, now named Ion, began in August 2014. The LRT operations began in June 2019. ION light rail…
Waterloo Region Active Transportation Upgrades
Timeline: 2020 onwards. The Region of Waterloo has identified, designed and constructed a network of separated cycling facilities as a pilot project. The network, measuring…
Vaughan Green Development Standards
Timeline: Started in 2014, Updated in 2018. The Sustainability Metrics program, implemented as part of the review of development applications, meets a specific objective of…
Toronto Renewable Energy Programs and Systems
Timeline: 2012 onwards. In 2012, in partnership with Toronto Hydro, the City launched the first phase of a program that will see City-owned buildings outfitted…
Toronto Net Zero District Energy System
Timeline: 2004 onwards. A number of City-owned buildings, including City Hall, Metro Hall, Police Headquarters, Union Station and Old City Hall, are kept cool in…
Toronto Retrofitting Residential Building Projects
Timeline: 2018 onwards. The Home Energy Loan Program (HELP) is an innovative financing program offered by the City of Toronto to help homeowners improve energy…
Toronto Commerical Building Retrofit Projects
Timeline: 2016 onwards. Through its Energy Retrofit Loan program, the City offers low-interest loans to help building owners improve the energy efficiency of their buildings.…
Toronto EV Chargers
Timeline: 2016 onwards. The City of Toronto has 864 public charging station ports (Level 2 and Level 3) within 15km. 93% of the ports are…
Toronto Advanced Energy Performance Buildings
Timeline: Construction began in 2020. The innovative 19,000sf, 2 storey with basement, Mount Dennis Childcare Centre is part of the City of Toronto’s first net…
Toronto Active Transportation Programs
Timeline 2016 onwards. The City of Toronto has over 800 km bikeways Network which includes a combination of off-road paths, bike lanes and shared roadway…
Toronto Enhanced Transit Programs
Timeline: 2017 onwards. The King Street Transit Priority Corridor between Bathurst Street and Jarvis Street aims at putting people and transit first through improved transit…
Toronto Transit Commission Electric Bus Pilot
Timeline: 2018 onwards. TTC undertook the largest Battery-Electric-Bus (BEB) pilot project in North America with a fleet of 60 BEBs from three different vendors spread…
Toronto Transit Upgrades
Timeline 2016-2020. Significant upgrades were undertaken such as Line 1 subway extension into Vaughan, in York Region. The 8.6-kilometre extension from Sheppard West to Vaughan…
Toronto Green Standard
Timeline: 2006- updated 2017. The Toronto Green Standard introduced as a voluntary standard for new development. 2010 – The Standard was structured into two tiers…
Pickering Renewable Energy Projects
Timeline: June 2015 onwards. Solar panels installed atop Dr. Nelson F. Tomlinson Community Centre in Claremont has a system capacity of generating 100kW DC power…
Richmond Hill Green Development Standards
Timeline: Started in 2014, updated in 2018. The purpose of the Sustainability Metrics scoring system is to encourage developers and builders to work with Richmond…
Richmond Hill Renewable Energy Systems
Timeline 2010 onwards. Richmond Hill installed solar panels at Elvis Stojko Arena, Richmond Green Sports Complex, Shaw House Ground Source Heat Pumps are installed at…
Peel Region Renewable Energy Projects
Timeline: 2009 onwards. Solar Thermal Hot Water Heater at Ridgeway Child Care Centre – The existing gas fired hot water heaters will be replaced with…
Peel Region Automatic Vehicle Location System
Timeline: 2016 onwards. Region of Peel have a fleet of approximately 500 vehicles equipped with AVL which can be used to track vehicles and generate…
Region of Peel EV Chargers
Timeline: 2020 onwards. The installation of EV charging stations is one way that the Region of Peel has taken action on climate change by reducing…
Oakville Renewable Energy Projects
Timeline: 2014 onwards. Solar photovoltaic (PV) installations: Oakville Hydro Energy Services Inc., a division of Oakville Hydro Corporation, in collaboration with the Town of Oakville…
Oshawa Public EV Chargers
Timeline: 2016 onwards. Oshawa has installed 16 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at facilities across the city. This is as part of the city’s ongoing…
Peel Region Active Transportation
Timeline: 2015 onwards. The Community Cycling Program pilot was developed and implemented in Brampton. The pilot matched mentors to small groups of participants. The groups…
Newmarket Active Transportation Initiatives
Timeline: 2017 onwards. A number of new bike lane projects have been implemented throughout Newmarket. Construction of nine bike lanes is complete and they are…
Mississauga Net Zero Municipal Building
Timeline: Construction began in 2020. The vision for the Westeminster at St Luke’s Senior Residence project is to provide approximately 125 units of affordable rental…
Mississauga Renewable Energy Projects
Timeline: 2014 onwards. The City’s Energy Management team implemented numerous energy conservation projects and initiatives. Some of these initiatives include installation of solar panels to…
Markham Renewable Energy Projects
Timeline: 2010 onwards. Markham has 1.83MW solar assets, being the first municipality to install a Feed-In-Tariff (FIT) rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) system at their 8100…
Mississauga Transit Advancement
Timeline: 2016-2020. MiWay has successfully completed its first five year plan (2016-2020) which focused on moving Mississauga’s transit system from a design that radiates from the city…
Markham Mattamy Enwave Project
Timeline: Construction began in 2020. Markham will welcome Canada’s largest geothermal net-zero emissions community, which will have the potential to transform the residential housing market.…
Kingston Transit Enhancement
Timeline: 2011 – ongoing. The City of Kingston was awarded a Sustainable Communities Award for Transportation from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) in 2018…
London EV Chargers
Timeline: 2012 onwards. London, ON has 138 public charging station ports (Level 2 and Level 3) within 15km. 86% of the ports are level 2…
Markham Cycles
Timeline- 2019 onwards. Markham Cycles, funded by the City of Markham is Markham’s community bicycle hub and the first of its kind in York Region.…
The Sustainable King: Green Development Standards
Timeline: 2020. The Sustainable King: Green Development Standards program has been developed to expand upon the Township’s sustainability initiatives. The program establishes metrics that will…
King Township’s electric vehicle fleet
Timeline: 2020 onwards. Two 2021 Hyundai Konas were purchased in 2020. One will be used by King Township Fire and Emergency Services Fire Inspectors and…
Township of King Renewable Energy Projects
Timeline: 2017 onwards. King Township implemented a new geothermal renewable sustainable energy source, in the new King Municipal Centre. The implementation of a dual pump…
Hamilton RNG Generation
Timeline: 2016 onwards. Hamilton’s Service portfolio includes Hamilton Renewable Power Incorporated (HRPI), Solar, Renewable Natural Gas, and new opportunities as they arise. Management of renewable…
Hamilton District Energy System
Timeline: 2014 onwards. Hamilton Utilities Corporation is expanding its district energy services throughout the downtown core with the purchase of the City’s District Cooling Energy…
Hamilton Net Zero Municipal Buildings
Timeline: Construction began in 2019 – ongoing. The 18-storey Ken Soble Tower, built in 1967, is the oldest high-rise building in City of Hamilton Housing’s…
Halton Hills EV Chargers
Timeline: 2019 onwards. By 2020, the town has already installed 20 EV charging stations at municipal sites. The cost to charge is $2 per hour.
Halton Region Smart Commute
Timeline: 2006 onwards. Smart Commute Halton is a program that encourages active and sustainable transportation by offering smart commuting services and tools. By participating in…
Hamilton Transportation Demand Management
Timeline: 2016-2020. City of Hamilton’s Sustainable Mobility Programs consists of: Smart Commute Hamilton for workplaces; SoBi Hamilton Bike Share; Sustainable mobility development and land use…
Guelph Net Zero Facilities
Timeline: 2019 onwards. Market Parkade – The City of Guelph has opened an industry leading new parking garage powered entirely by renewable energy sources, making…
Halton Hills Green Development Standards
Timeline: First developed in 2014- updated 2021. Building on its award-winning Green Development Evaluation Checklist, in April 2014, Town Council approved a new set of…
Durham Region Transportation Demand Management
Timeline: Started in 2007. Smart Commute Durham helps local employers and commuters explore and promote different commuter choices, such as carpooling, teleworking, transit, cycling, walking…
Guelph Automatic Vehicle Location System
Timeline: 2018 onwards. The City is responsible for plowing, salting and sanding 1,209 kilometres of roads, 61 crosswalks, crossings, steps and walkways, 657 kilometres of…
Caledon Renewable Energy Projects
Timeline: 2016 onwards. The Town has 3 ground-mount solar microFIT projects located at the Victoria Parks Community Centre, Caledon Village Fire Hall and Inglewood Community…
Caledon EV Fleet
Timeline: 2014 onwards. The Town of Caledon purchased 6 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) for staff operations.
Caledon EV Chargers
Timeline: 2014 onwards. Town of Caledon Expanded its EV charging network to 13 stations. Eleven of these are Level 2 charging stations and two are…
Caledon Bike Hub
Timeline: 2019 onwards. The Town of Caledon and the Caledon Community Service funded the expansion of the Brampton Bike Hub’s BikeWrx and PedalWise programming to…
Caledon Electric Ice Resurfacers
Timeline: 2019 onwards Town of Caledon purchased one electric ice re-surfacer for its dual-pad facility at Caledon East Community Complex.
Burlington Renewable Energy Projects
Timeline: 2016 onwards. In 2018, there were almost 7MW (megawatts) of installed solar capacity in Burlington. There are also 12 known geothermal systems (using earth…
Burlington Public EV Charging Stations
Timeline: 2015 onwards. Burlington has 27 electric vehicle chargers. All of the city’s public charging units are Level 2. There is no fee to charge…
Burlington Smart Commute
Timeline: 2006 onwards. The City of Burlington is a participant in Smart Commute Halton, a program that encourages active and sustainable transportation by offering smart…
Burlington Active Transportation Advancements
Timeline: 2009- ongoing. The following active transportation investments have been made in Burlington over the past decade: Implementation of over 186 kilometres of on-road and…
Brampton EV Chargers
Timeline: 2015 onwards. Currently, the City owns and operates 52 electric vehicle charging stations across 13 City facilities. The City has installed electric vehicle charging…
Brampton Renewable Projects
Timeline: 2015 onwards. Brampton has installed solar panels on Clark Transit, Fire station 205, Sandalwood Transit and Cassie Campbell Community Centre. The total solar energy…
Brampton Transit Expansion
Timeline: 2018- 2022. Brampton Transit unveiled its five year business plan in 2018. Specific upgardes to the transit in 2018-2020 include –2018: 505 Bovaird extension…
Brampton Active Transportation Upgrades
Timeline: 2015 onwards. Brampton’s Active Transportation Plan got updated in 2015 and 2019. The updates include: installation of urban shoulders on 23km of Brampton’s roadways…
Aurora Renewable Energy Projects
Timeline: 2015 onwards. Solar Photovoltaic (PV) systems have been installed at four Town facilities as a means of renewable generation and reducing the Town’s carbon…
Brampton Green Development Standards
Timeline: Started in 2014, updated in 2018. Through Measuring Sustainability Performance of New Development, the City of Brampton is promoting a comprehensive approach to planning…
Ajax Active Transportation Upgrades
Timeline: 2016 onwards. The Town of Ajax’s existing active transportation network consists of pedestrian sidewalks, multi-use trails, multi-use paths, cycle tracks, buffered bike lanes, bike…
Reducing Emissions from Municipal Light-Duty Equipment
Fossil fuel powered lawn and yard equipment have poorly developed emission treatment systems that contribute to GHG emissions, air pollution, health risks and noise pollution.…
Canada’s Climate Adaptation Action Map
The Government of Canada, in collaboration with many adaptation actors, developed an online interactive tool of Canadian climate change adaptation examples: the Map of Adaptation Actions. This tool aims…
City of Toronto Existing Building Strategy
Toronto’s Transform TO strategy will require existing buildings to decarbonize by 2040. Devon Stopps from City of Toronto will present the City of Toronto’s Net Zero Existing…
Advancing the Energy Efficiency Retrofit Ecosystem
Municipalities have identified the need to scale-up energy efficiency and fuel switching within their existing building stock as a must do action within their Climate…
Clean Air Council 2022 Work Planning
This webinar will present an overview of the 2022 Clean Air Council workplan and its associated actions and priorities and collect feedback from Clean Air…
Municipal Carbon Budgeting
This webinar will have Yuill Herbert from Sustainable Solution Group (SSG) sharing the approach SSG uses to support municipal carbon budgeting and resources to support…
Ensuring New Buildings are EV Ready
Electric vehicle (EVs) adoption is growing rapidly. Bloomberg New Energy Finance forecasts that within five years, the cost to produce EVs will be equivalent to…
Climate Disclosures and Municipalities: What You Need to Know.
The risks of climate change are putting new pressures on municipalities to disclose not just how they are identifying the risks of climate change, but…
Overcoming Implementation Barriers to HVAC Contractor-Led Building Retrofits
This webinar will share findings from the Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Institute of Canada (HRAI) study that engaged with HVACR contractors to learn more…
Energy Recovery for Greenhouse Gas Reduction
Municipalities can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and operating costs by including energy recovery in normal capital planning for green housing communities, arenas, data centres…
Clean Air Council 2021 Retrospective
Clean Air Partnership is dedicated to advancing the implementation of a low carbon future with a vision of sustainable, healthy, and resilient communities. This webinar…
TCFD for Canadian Municipalities
The Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) was created in 2015 by the Financial Stability Board of the G20 group of nations. Designed primarily to…
Advancing Lower Carbon New Developments – Experiences from Markham
New developments present an ideal opportunity to advance lower carbon opportunities and many municipalities are engaging with their development community to advance this goal. During…
That’s a Wrap on the Third Season of Markham Cycles
Markham Cycles is a community program with the goal of increasing cycling in Markham by removing barriers and building a cycling community. Launched in July…
Municipal Fleet Experiences with Aftermarket and Add-on Hybridization
Transportation is a large source of greenhouse gas emissions in Canada. Municipalities are advancing actions to reduce their transportation emissions and moving towards electric vehicles…
Electric Vehicle Costing Report and Stakeholder Consultation
Electric vehicles (EVs) adoption is growing rapidly. Bloomberg New Energy Finance forecasts that within five years, the cost to produce EVs will be equivalent to…
City of Ottawa Sewer Waste Heat Opportunities and Senior Government Engagement Priorities
Waste heat within our communities is an untapped resource in the climate change action toolbox. During this webinar, Janice Ashworth from City of Ottawa and…
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…
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
The Centre for Active Transportation (TCAT) at Clean Air Partnership is reviewing ten Senior Safety Zones in Toronto to study the safety issues and barriers to active transportation faced by older adults and identify safety improvement opportunities.
Incubating Suburban Cycling
Through this project, The Centre for Active Transportation at Clean Air Partnership has been using an innovative, evidence-based approach to incubate cycling in suburban environments by creating community bike hubs for people to learn cycling, meet other people who cycle, and go cycling together.
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…
Cycling for Sustainable Cities Webinar Recording
On July 29th, 2021, TCAT was pleased to host a special webinar with two international experts on making cities better for biking: John Pucher and Ralph Buehler, co-editors…
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
The Municipal Climate Lens Tool provides a preliminary, qualitative understanding of whether a municipal decision will affect climate (through the production of greenhouse gases) or be affected by climate (through increased exposure to temperature or precipitation).
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)
The Climate Action Support Centre (CASC) advances climate action in the built environment by focusing on three core areas – Green Development Standards, Home Energy Efficiency Retrofits and Corporate Energy Efficiency.
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 EV Strategies and an incentive program for consumers.
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 team including the Ontario Climate Consortium and the Ontario Centre for Climate Impacts and Adaptation Resources, Clean Air Partnership provides local expertise and resources to Ontario municipalities on climate change planning and implementation.
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
Through this project, Clean Air Partnership facilitated collaboration between federal, provincial, municipal governments and government agencies on communicating heat health information which resulted into the creation of an updated Ontario-wide Heat Warning and Information System.
Collaboration on Home Energy Efficiency Retrofits in Ontario (CHEERIO)
Collaboration on Home Energy Efficiency Retrofits in Ontario (CHEERIO) project assessed the effectiveness of municipal Local Improvement Charge financing powers in accelerating deep residential energy retrofits and provided insights and guidance regarding full-scale implementation.
Clean Air Council Environmental Progress Through Collaboration
CAC_StoryBook_Report_0216CAC Member Clean Air & Climate Change Case Studies
Complete Streets for Canada
Complete Streets for Canada features research, best practice policy language, and design guidance for municipalities interested in adopting Complete Streets policies and guidelines.
Active Neighbourhoods Canada
Active Neighbourhoods Canada is a pan-Canadian initiative using participatory design towards the goal of green, active and healthy neighbourhoods.
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 Hamilton area in developing a more collaborative air quality monitoring strategy for the region.
Ontario Energy Community of Practice
Ontario Energy Community of Practice (ECOP) provides education and capacity building for Ontario municipalities, utilities and other local stakeholders to develop and implement community energy plans, and helping connect local, regional and provincial energy planning initiatives.
Municipal Adaptation Training Program
Municipal Adaptation Training Program addressed the key considerations for municipal climate change adaptation; the impacts of climate change; assessing community risks and vulnerabilities; planning for adaptation; and integrating climate change adaptation measures into existing municipal goals, plans and programs.
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