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Toronto City Council established the Toronto Atmospheric Fund (TAF) in 1991 to finance Toronto-based initiatives that combat global climate change and improve air quality.
TAF provides grants and loans and undertakes special projects to advance its mandate. Working with all sectors of the community, and with city departments and
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agencies, TAF leverages its resources to develop innovative local actions that lead to significant emission reduction results.
On an annual basis, TAF has approximately $1.2 million available for grants and special projects. Up to $8 million in financing is currently available for mandate-related loans.
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Grants |
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Complete grant applications for the Fall grants round are due no later than October 16, 2009 at 4 p.m. Please note that a consultation with TAF staff must take place in advance of submitting an application. Please contact Ben Marans, Manager Grants & Special Projects (416-393-6367 or bmarans@tafund.org) as soon as possible to discussion your project's eligibility.
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Loans |
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The TAF Investment Committee meets four times per year to review submissions. All interested applicants for loans or other investment requests must first contact Tim Stoate, Associate Director, Mandate Related Finance, to determine eligibility for funding. Please note that it is TAF's sole decision as to which date an application may be presented to the Investment Committee.
The next deadline for consultations is September 30, 2009 with complete applications due no later than October 31, 2009 at 4 p.m. The subsequent consultation deadline is December 31, 2009.
For more information (including a standard application template), please contact Tim Stoate at 416-393-6368 or tstoate@tafund.org.
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TAF Newsflash |
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Annual General Meeting – April 28, 2009
Presentations from TAF’s Annual General Meeting.
First SC-TAP report - Exhibition Place 100kW Solar PV
The SolarCity Technology Assessment Partnership (SC-TAP) has released its first report on the Horse Palace PV Pilot Project (PDF). The SC-TAP is a collaborative effort between TAF, the City of Toronto Energy Efficiency Office, the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. The objective of the partnership is to collect, analyze and distribute information about urban solar installations in the GTA. Findings will be used to promote best practices in solar installations, to identify and resolve barriers to the use of solar energy in cities, and to identify research opportunities to help advance solar energy use in the GTA.
Solar Neighbourhoods Launch – May 12, 2009
Mayor David Miller highlighting important developments relevant to city-wide use of solar energy for domestic hot water heating.
Towerwise.ca
TAF's TowerWise program is helping multi-residential building owners, managers and residents capture the energy-efficiency potential of their buildings. A brand new website — www.TowerWise.ca — contains plain-spoken advice, tools and resources for anyone in the high-rise sector looking to reduce their building's exposure to rising energy costs. The TowerWise program has received funding from the Ontario Ministry of Energy's Community Climate Initiative and is supported by a wide array of organizations and companies interested in making Toronto a leader in green high-rise living. The new TowerWise.ca website also nicely complements the Mayor's Tower Renewal project, which is taking a broader approach to renewing Toronto's high-rise communities.
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