Funded Capacity Building Projects

Deep Retrofit Accelerator Initiative

Organization Project Description Contact Information

Affine Climate Solutions Society

Affine is developing a financial sector initiative that justifies and scales innovative financial products for commercial, institutional, and multi-unit residential building retrofits across Canada.

Email: hello@affineclimate.ca

Telephone: 604-499-3744

British Columbia Institute of Technology

BCIT is developing a four course micro-credential that equips business leaders and asset owners with the skills to plan, evaluate, and implement deep building retrofits that reduce emissions and manage climate risk. Email: george_friedrich@bcit.ca

Canada Green Building Council

CAGBC is developing the Building Capacity for Zero Carbon Retrofits (BCZCR) course targeting building owners and industry professionals to support the development of strong business cases for deep retrofits in commercial, institutional, and multi-unit residential buildings across Canada. Email: projects@cagbc.org

City of Saskatoon

The City of Saskatoon is developing a Virtual Decarbonization Planning program to help commercial and multi-unit residential building develop business cases to support their applications for financing programs and implement deep retrofit projects. Email: sustainability@saskatoon.ca

EcoSpex

EcoSpex is creating an automated compliance platform for building owners, the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction industry, interior designers, and sustainability experts. The platform revolutionizes how the market specifies low carbon, water, cleantech, proptech, healthy materials and technologies automated for green and healthy building rating programs supporting deep retrofit and new construction projects.

Email: julie@ecospex.com

Telephone: 705-445-1256

LandlordBC

LandlordBC, in partnership with FRESCo Building Efficiency, is leading a collaborative initiative with owners, financial institutions, and industry partners to develop a business-case tool and curriculum that support the development, financing, and delivery of deep retrofits in multi-unit residential, commercial, and institutional buildings.

Email: IanC@LandlordBC.ca
psundberg@frescoltd.com
arivers@frescoltd.com
jmastracci@frescoltd.com

Telephone: 604-209-7734

SISA Energy

SISA Energy is creating a self-service online platform for consultants, building owners, financial institutions, and other industry stakeholders. The platform helps collect, structure, and share building and equipment data in commercial, institutional, and multi-unit residential buildings across Canada.

Email: info@sisaenergy.com

Telephone: 778-888-8290

Sustainable Building Manitoba

Sustainable Building Manitoba is bringing Manitoba’s financial and construction sectors together to create real, workable ways to finance retrofits for buildings. The project focuses on removing barriers and building solutions that lenders, investors, and building owners can actually use. Email: ed@sustainablebuildingmanitoba.ca

Sustainable Waterloo Region

Sustainable Waterloo Region is developing a platform to support a scalable and cost-effective approach to deep energy retrofits. The AI powered tool brings financial modeling, business case development, and technical/workforce guidance together on one platform, for commercial, institutional, and multi-unit residential buildings. The platform will be developed using a framework that minimizes environmental impact while remaining robust in the value it delivers.

Email: info@sustainablewr.ca

Telephone: 519-603-2223