State of Play: Tracking the progress of building electrification across Canada
Space and water heating are the largest sources of end-use energy demand in Canada’s buildings, and one of the highest leverage areas for decarbonizing the sector. But are we on track to lay the foundations for an electrified economy? Our 2026 State of Play shows the state of electrification across Canada in one condensed slide […]
Geothermal-as-a-Service in Canada: Unearthing affordable, grid-friendly clean heat with a business model that unlocks scale
Electrified end-use technologies are reshaping how the global economy consumes energy. In Canada, that shift must be informed by our unique conditions: our climate means winter heating already drives peak demand in most provinces, with the rest soon to follow. How we electrify heating will influence grid investment for decades. Geothermal heating is a key […]
TENs Support Toolkit
The resources in this toolkit are meant to equip decision-makers with the knowledge and practical tools needed to enable and encourage TENs within their communities, helping them to address key barriers across the policy, market, and project development stages of TENs.
Unlocking Value in Commercial Real Estate: The Economic Benefits of a Decarbonized Building
This report examines the evidence of these emerging green premiums, including rental premiums and lower vacancy rates in buildings that invest in decarbonization.
Modern Tech, Modern Practices: Upgrading Heat Pump Sizing Guidelines in Canada
How a heat pump is sized and programmed strongly affects its performance over its lifetime. Sizing it correctly can increase energy and emissions savings, reduce operating costs, and improve customer satisfaction. Current industry practices, often relying on outdated rules of thumb or overly conservative models, can result in oversized systems that compromise performance, increase costs, […]
Thermal Energy Networks in Canada: Unlocking Impact Potential and Advancing Enabling Policy
Thermal Energy Networks (TENs) are a promising part of Canada’s decarbonization toolkit. Flexible and efficient, modern fourth- and fifth-generation TENs can help reduce emissions, improve energy resilience, and create local economic opportunities when used strategically, often at a lower cost than other low-carbon alternatives. Despite this promise and growing momentum, TENs serve only 3% of […]
Deep Retrofit Accelerators in Canada: Five Opportunities to Increase Impact
This report highlights the innovation happening within the Accelerators, and provides five opportunities to increase their impact.
Grid Implications of Electrifying Residential New Construction—Update
In the fall of 2023, The Building Decarbonization Alliance published Grid Implications of Electrifying Residential New Construction, a discussion paper written to address concerns about the near-term viability of all-electric new residential construction. Our objective was to capture the utility sector’s perspective on the interplay of electrifying new homes and the electricity grid, and as…
Jurisdictional Scan: Building Heating Decarbonization
This short report offers valuable insights into the range of strategies being employed at municipal, provincial, and federal levels, and includes comparative perspectives from the USA and Europe.
Pace of Progress
This report shows the rate of progress necessary to address the climate crisis, providing policy makers and advocates with a simple but powerful depiction of the rate of adoption required to achieve our climate targets.