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 Toronto. Retrofits must reduce total energy use i…
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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 1,200 new homes.It is proposed that all heat…
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 city council approved seven ActiveTO cycling r…
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 with solar photovoltaic (PV) panels. The…
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 the summer by an innovative deep lake…
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 efficiency and ultimately save money. Re…