Engaging Ottawa renters in retrofits
OCAF is supporting Ottawa ACORN to meaningfully bring Ottawa low- and moderate-income renters into the climate and retrofit conversation. This initiative will educate and empower tenants to take climate action, and engage their landlords on identification of building retrofit opportunities to improve living comfort and energy savings. Retrofitting apartment buildings isn’t just good for the […]
OCAF Celebrates the Launch of the Ottawa Community Housing Electric Vehicle Car Sharing Program
Ottawa is on the road to making electric vehicles available to communities that need them most with the launch of an electric vehicle (EV) carsharing program accessible to five Ottawa Community Housing Corporation (OCH) communities in the urban core located between Little Italy and Chinatown and puts electric cars within easy reach to about 500 […]
Ottawa Climate Equity Initiative Leaves Lasting Legacy of Trust
No community can build lasting, effective climate solutions if the people most affected by the climate crisis are off to one side of the conversation, or left out completely. That’s why the Ottawa Climate Equity Initiative, a year-long project funded by the Government of Canada and led by OCAF (an initiative of the Ottawa Community […]
OCAF launches the Ottawa Climate Equity Initiative
Building Collaborative Capacity Among Social Inclusion and Climate Change Leaders in Ottawa Achieving Canada’s and Ottawa’s goal of net-zero GHG emissions by 2050 requires creating tangible, compelling and relevant climate solutions for all demographics. The Ottawa Climate Equity Initiative seeks to enhance collaborative capacity among organizations and leaders in climate change and social inclusion to […]
Diversity and inclusion should be central to climate change policy
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities has posted profiles of the new LC3 leaders. Following is the profile of OCAF’s ED. As the new Executive Director of the Ottawa Climate Action Fund (OCAF) – Ottawa’s Low Carbon Cities Canada (LC3) Centre – Steve Winkelman is looking forward to bridging silos across sectors, agencies and organizations to advance holistic, […]