About Us

A New Approach to Building Decarbonization

Canada’s building sector produces 18% of our greenhouse gas emissions. More than three quarters of that comes from combusting fossil fuels for space and water heating. With emissions from the sector continuing to rise, it’s clear that Canada needs a new approach to decarbonization.

At the Building Decarbonization Alliance, we believe that the most credible, capable, and compelling pathways to building decarbonization will consist of the wide-scale adoption of a full spectrum of electric technologies—especially heat pumps in all of their forms and applications. Our work aims to provide the tools, analysis, and connections needed to speed up the adoption of those technologies.

Our work

We convene conversations across and between industry, government, utilities, and civil society to identify structural barriers to electrification, and work with our partners to overcome them. We also:

• Conduct original analysis, amplify the research of others, and develop tools to provide an evidence-based counterpoint to vested interests that argue for a business-as-usual approach to building heat.
• Share lessons learned and best practices developed in one part of the country with owners and portfolio managers, builders and developers, design and engineering professionals, and others working elsewhere.
• Host events and produce resources to increase awareness of the opportunities of building all-electric new buildings and the benefits of decarbonizing existing ones.

Through the above activities, we are helping get the building sector on track to meet its emissions-reduction goals, while creating economic opportunities for Canadians.