Monthly Archives: December 2012

No more excuses (barriers)!

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Tim Stoate

From competing priorities for scare capital dollars to doubt about energy savings materializing to an aversion to borrowing, buildings owners face no shortage of barriers when contemplating an energy efficiency retrofit. I recently presented to a group of health care … Continue reading →

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Cheerleading for Ontario, despite the trends

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Julia Langer

First the good news: Ontario “tagged” its 2014 Climate Change Action Plan targets in 2010, basically achieving 6% below 1990 levels through the implementation of the important, world-leading coal phaseout.   The government’s report, issued without even a press release, documents … Continue reading →

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