Item - 2019.TA2.12

The Board of Directors of the Toronto Atmospheric Fund:

1.  Approved the following grant requests funded jointly from the Ontario and City of Toronto endowments:

 
a.  $198,372 over 30 months to the Canada Green Building Council to support enhanced compliance with the provincial Energy and Water Reporting and Benchmarking (EWRB) regulation through a combined strategy of awareness building, education and evaluation across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA).

 
b.  $155,459 over 18 months to TEA to seed and support two to three community hubs in achieving significant greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions in their local neighbourhoods and  generating prototypes and tools that can be used to activate a larger network of hubs in the future.

 
c.  $75,000 over 12 months to Environmental Defence to quantify the health benefits associated with reducing vehicle emissions, and to develop public-facing recommendations and supporting materials to accelerate electrification of transportation.

 
d.  $50,000 over six months to Pollution Probe to engage the relevant partners and identify the information needed to promote the use of non-emitting electricity sources to replace Pickering Nuclear Generating Station upon its scheduled retirement.

 
e.  $20,000 over six months to Ryerson to test the feasibility of a revolving fund to deliver new “missing middle” housing through the retrofit and conversion of single-family homes into energy efficient duplex or triplex units.
 

2.  Declined the following grant requests:

a.  $144,263 over 18 months to Scout Environmental to pilot a program encouraging drivers to retire their internal combustion engine vehicle and purchase a replacement electric vehicle.

 
b.  $140,000 over 10 months to Windfall Ecology Centre to outline a prototype of a Community Solutions Finance Facility, including an initial set of partnerships and a proposal for its implementation to at least one complex home retrofit challenge.
 

c.  $59,000 over eight months to the Hamilton Industrial Environmental Association to develop a tool that can calculate and demonstrate the GHG reduction potential of sourcing local materials and clustering industrial facilities.

 
3.  Approved the following project allocation request to be funded jointly from the Ontario and City of Toronto endowments:

a.  $40,000 over nine months to enhance TAF’s policy activities through the engagement of subject matter experts as consultants on two priority policy files.

At its April 8, 2019 meeting, the Toronto Atmospheric Fund Grants and Programs Committee recommended that the Board approve five grants with a combined value of $498,832 and one project allocation with a value of $40,000.