Preparing To Prosper
Business, Community Leaders Build Climate Solutions, Affordable Housing into Ottawa’s Economic Future
Wastewater Energy Transfer at Lebreton Dream Development
OCAF funded Envari to conduct a Wastewater Energy Transfer (WET) research study to assess the potential to heat and cool a new 600,000 ft² residential development at the Library Parcel in Lebreton Flats, Ottawa. The study scope was to assess the technical, financial and emissions potential and feasibility to deploy a larger WET system beyond […]
Priority Municipal Actions to Enable Zero Emission Vehicle Adoption
The City of Ottawa has declared a climate emergency and it is clear that we need to transform our community to fight climate change. Ottawa’s Energy Evolution plan is an ambitious plan in response to the climate crisis. Transportation is the second largest emitting sector, which means we need to take bold action to lower […]
Economic, Social & Environmental Benefits of Smart Growth
Affordability, Health, Prosperity, Sustainability, Resilience By: Steve Winkelman Originally published on Green Resilience Strategies. Before deciding to buy a particular house you do your homework on the state of repair, the heating costs, property taxes, closing fees, insurance, etc. Certainly you know the asking price! Smart investment requires assessment of full lifecycle costs: upfront capital […]
Institutional Investors Dig Into Detail on Deep Energy Retrofits for MURBs
By Tina Nicholson and Nathaniel Sneyd-Dewar Some of Ottawa’s leading institutional investors are taking a closer look at the prospects for deep energy retrofits in the city’s multi-unit residential buildings (MURBs) after joining a six-month workshop series co-hosted by the Ottawa Climate Action Fund (OCAF), a project of the Ottawa Community Foundation, and the Ottawa […]
Year One Turns OCAF Vision into Reality
After guiding the Ottawa Climate Action Fund through a year of planning and organization, Advisory Board Co-Chairs Brian Toller and Tracey Clark are breathing a sigh of relief that the heavy lifting is done—and the stage is set for their hard work to translate into action and results. “The first year was like any other […]
Pagani: OCAF Puts Climate at the Centre of Community Foundation Mission
When the Ottawa Community Foundation (OCF) stepped up to incubate and launch the Ottawa Climate Action Fund, President and CEO Marco Pagani saw a pathway to integrate the push for faster, deeper emission cuts with all the other crises and opportunities on the City’s agenda. “OCAF is about Carbon Down, Community Up, and that fits […]
Time to Scale Up as OCAF Begins Second Year of Operation
It’s been an incredibly busy, productive first year for the Ottawa Climate Action Fund (OCAF). But the climate crisis isn’t slowing down, and neither are we. Every project we’ve taken on so far—from the Ottawa Climate Equity Initiative to EV Experience/Expérience VÉ—has been about building partnerships and setting the stage to scale up our work. […]