Policy Work
Written Submission for the Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2024 Federal Budget
Written Submission for the Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the Upcoming Federal Budget. Lowering energy costs for those who need...
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Regulating Energy and Emissions in Existing Buildings
Efficiency Canada's new guide offers municipalities and policymakers insights into the role existing buildings are expected to play in meeting...
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Energy Efficiency in Rental Housing
Efficiency Canada's new report looks at how neglecting energy efficiency upgrades in an attempt to keep housing affordable leads to...
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Efficiency Canada’s Response to the Government of Canada’s Request for Information
Efficiency Canada is responding to the Government of Canada’s Request for Information (RFI) pertaining to regulatory, policy and market impacts...
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Net zero Emissions Code – Efficiency Canada’s public review comments
We strongly support the CBHCC for its efforts to include objective(s) for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to enable provincial and...
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Policy Brief: Energy efficiency for low-income tenants
How the federal government can improve energy efficiency while protecting and enhancing tenant rights.
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A Policy System for Continuous Improvement
A new report by Efficiency Canada shows how governments across the country can set strong regulations, while empowering industry to...
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What Municipalities Need to Know about Canada’s Net-Zero Emissions Building Codes
What Municipalities Need to Know about Canada’s Net-Zero Emissions Building Codes shows how to use the upcoming net-zero emissions codes...
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2022 Year in Review
Energy Efficiency had a big year in 2022. We saw some major advancements in the sector and made some substantial...
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Written Submission to the Parliamentary Black Caucus
Written Submission to Parliamentary Black Caucus for the Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the Upcoming Federal Budget.
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The Municipal Guide to Net-Zero Energy Ready Building Codes
The Municipal Guide to Net-Zero Energy Ready Building Codes contains everything you need to understand tiered codes, the advantages of...
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Written Submission for the Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the Upcoming Federal Budget
Written Submission for the Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the Upcoming Federal Budget. Lowering energy costs for those who need...
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Canada Green Building Strategy Discussion Paper Responses from Efficiency Canada
We are pleased to provide these comments to the questions asked at the end of the Green Buildings Strategy discussion...
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Benchmarking 2021 Canadian province/territory and American state energy efficiency program savings and spending
A new report by Efficiency Canada benchmarks performance between the Provincial Energy Efficiency Scorecard and its American counterpart, the American...
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Efficiency for All
A new report by Efficiency Canada shows how federal investment in existing low-income energy efficiency programs can help achieve net-zero...
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Lowering costs and enhancing equity to achieve net-zero emissions through energy efficiency
To achieve net-zero emission goals, this budget must strategically dedicate resources to prepare for a significant scale-up in energy efficiency....
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Workforce Requirements for Low-carbon Buildings
The building sector workforce, as presently composed, is not adequately equipped to deliver the scale and scope of green building...
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Efficiency Canada and the Appliance Standards Awareness Project’s Comments on the May 2021 Technical Bulletin
This letter constitutes the comments of Efficiency Canada and the Appliance Standards Awareness Project (ASAP) on the Natural Resources Canada...
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Building the Canada we want in 2050: Efficiency Canada’s perspectives on the National Infrastructure Assessment
We welcome the opportunity to provide our thoughts and perspectives on the priorities laid out in Building the Canada We...
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Canada’s Climate Retrofit Mission
Retrofitting our buildings at the scale and performance required to confront climate change calls for market re-shaping innovations. This report...
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Efficiency Canada’s submission to Vancouver City Council
We are writing to ask you to approve recommendation A, B, and C in the report, which will help reduce...
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Efficiency Canada’s comments on the NRCan May 2021 technical bulletin on amending the standards for central air conditioners and heat pumps
This letter constitutes the comments of the Appliance Standards Awareness Project (ASAP) and Efficiency Canada on the Natural Resources Canada...
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Efficiency Canada’s presentation to The House of Commons Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities
We usually think about energy efficiency on a building-by-building basis and leave the financing and project management of retrofits up...
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Carbon Pricing Expands in Canada, Making Slower Progress in the United States
As talk of a carbon tax resurfaces with the start of the Biden administration, some form of carbon pricing applies...
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Efficiency Canada’s joint submission to the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry
We are writing to encourage you to clearly mandate Canada’s national model codes development community to develop a highly energy...
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2020 Canadian Provincial Energy Efficiency Scorecard
The Canadian Provincial Energy Efficiency Scorecard tracks 42 policy and outcome-based metrics across all 10 provinces
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Tiered Energy Codes Best Practices for Code Compliance
Building codes are established by law in the provinces or territories in which the building will be constructed. Compliance with...
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Efficiency Canada’s comments on Ontario’s Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines’ ERO 019-2132 proposal
At the end of April, 59 energy efficiency and supporting organizations signed onto a joint letter calling for the extension...
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Efficiency Canada’s submission to the Government of Canada
The multiple benefits of energy efficiency can help Canada manage both demand and supply shocks from COVID-19 while improving the...
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Efficiency Canada’s Submission to the Town of Whitby
We are writing to you in support of the proposed changes to the Town of Whitby’s planning process that will...
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Efficiency Canada’s submission to the City of Vancouver
Measures to encourage energy efficient buildings can be used to immediately scale up capacity and knowledge sharing in the buildings...
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Efficiency Canada’s submission to the National Research Council of Canada (NRC)
The proposed Model Codes represent an important step towards Canada’s PCF commitments and low-carbon energy future, they will also play...
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Efficiency Canada’s Submission to the Ontario Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines
The buildings sector is responsible for just under 1/3 of end use demand in Canada and is well-positioned to capture...
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Efficiency Canada’s submission to the Newfoundland and Labrador Board of Commissioners of Public Utilities
Given Newfoundland and Labrador’s experience with cost overruns related to the Muskrat Falls Project,3 it is incumbent upon the Commissioners...
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