Would need see more of this in other provinces as well: Critical investment needed to lift Alberta's most vulnerable households out of energy poverty #energypoverty #Alberta #retrofits #costofliving
https://www.pembina.org/media-release/critical-investment-needed-lift-albertas-most-vulnerable-households-out-energy
Critical investment needed to lift Alberta's most vulnerable households out of energy poverty | Pembina Institute

CALGARY, AB – With rising cost-of-living pressures and concerns about energy affordability and energy security, our new report Affordable Home Energy for All: How Alberta can help its most vulnerable households escape energy poverty, underscores the urgent need for action to support Alberta's most vulnerable households in accessing affordable energy.

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The rental market has a carbon problem – here’s how to solve it #decarbonization #apartments #renting #retrofits #ClimateAction https://www.corporateknights.com/?p=42877
The rental market has a carbon problem – here’s how to solve it

Apartment buildings are hard to decarbonize, but some companies are finding ways to make rental housing more green

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Equity-based energy retrofits to address energy poverty in Canada

Many energy efficiency and decarbonization retrofit programs aim to alleviate energy poverty by targeting low-income households, but these programs do…

Healthy Buildings in a Changing Climate, underscores the urgent need to retrofit existing buildings to protect Canadians' health and safety #retrofits #health #ClimateChange #extremeweather #wildfires #EnergyEfficiency #Canada http://www.pembina.org//pub/healthy-buildings-changing-climate
Healthy Buildings in a Changing Climate | Pembina Institute

Our latest report, Healthy Buildings in a Changing Climate, underscores the urgent need to retrofit existing buildings to protect Canadians' health and safety. As extreme weather events grow in frequency and intensity, strategic investments in deep retrofits are essential to mitigate health risks and ensure resilient homes and buildings now and for generations to come.

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"#LivingBuildingChallenge or the #LBC has been around for a little while now, starting on the West Coast. I love this concept because it challenges the status quo and says what we need to do is have buildings that have the baseline of zero harm, zero impact & we build from that."

https://www.podcastics.com/episode/306411/link/

#HeatPumpsForAll #HeatPumps #Retrofits #GreenBuildings #climate #cdnpoli #abpoli #yyc

Building the Future: Climate-Smart Construction

We've measured what matters and there's no getting around it: we need better buildings

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"Every study that you see on our overall emissions impacts, buildings are the biggest chunk of the pie. An additional problem is there's a #HousingCrisis. We need more buildings, more places for people to live. We have to build new things & convert buildings. We have to do more."

https://www.podcastics.com/episode/306411/link/

#HeatPumpsForAll #HeatPumps #Retrofits #GreenBuildings #climate #cdnpoli #abpoli #yyc

Building the Future: Climate-Smart Construction

We've measured what matters and there's no getting around it: we need better buildings

The Climate Lens