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Efficiency Capital Achieves Canada's First IREE Certification
Renovation

Efficiency Capital achieves Canada's first retrofit IREE certification

...Toronto supports housing for over 37,000 people at 12 housing sites. As cities strive to improve housing affordability and reduce building emissions, infrastructure renewal and replacements at multi-family non-profit housing like WoodGreen represents a great opportunity to reduce energy use and costs. To take advantage...

Policy and Regulations

Ontario clarifies building-code for legal laneway homes in Toronto

Toronto’s new Laneway Suite Program bylaw gives hope for tiny homes After buying a home on Manning Ave in 2018, like many Toronto residents Gal Reuveni thought he’d hit on a great idea to build a secondary suite to rent out and help pay the mortgage. This would also open the possibility of relatives and family being ab...