This page lists a number of websites that provide information on high-rise energy efficiency, programs and incentives. You can click on the column headings to sort the table by category. You can also use the Search function to find specific resources. These listings do not represent an endorsement by TowerWise or its partners and are for information purposes only. If you know of a resource that should be listed here, please contact info@towerwise.ca.

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Category	Information Type	Focal Area	Source	Description
Commercial	Consulting	Services	Halsall	Engineering consulting for architects, condo boards, property managers and others.
Commercial	Consulting	Services	MCW Custom Energy Solutions Ltd.	A leading Canadian Energy Services Company (ESCO), qualified nationally under the Federal Buildings Initiative (FBI). MCW has won awards for its energy planning work.
Commercial	Products	Products	Buildinggreen.com	An independent publishing company committed to bringing members accurate, unbiased, and timely green design information. Includes a green products catalogue.
Commercial	Project profiles	Green condos	Minto	Promotional piece on green features of new Minto Condo project in Toronto
Federal government	General information	Project profiles	CMHC	Information on CMHC sustainability initiatives, including the Sustainable Condo.
Federal government	General information	General / multi residential	Government of Canada	A large website that contains information on many energy efficiency, sustainable & green building topics, including federal government programs
Federal government	General information	Energy efficiency	Natural Resources Canada - Office of Energy Efficiency	Geared more to single family residential, but useful information on products and techniques
Federal government	Project profiles	High-rise retrofit	Natural Resources Canada	NRCan report profiles the extensive energy efficiency retrofit of several high rise apt buildings in the Hollyburn portfolio
Federal government	Technical	High-rise retrofit	CMHC	Healthy Highrise explores the building science issues and provides guidance to enhance envelope design, energy performance, indoor air quality and environmental performance, accessibility and green infrastructure.
Municipal	Finance	Tools and financial products	Toronto Atmospheric Fund	TAF offers a broad range of information including programs, project profiles, financial assessment tools, grants, loans etc. TAF uses its strength in financing, technology testing, collaboration and networks to create awareness and incentives for deep energy retrofits in existing buildings and use of advanced energy techniques in new building construction. For example the TowerWise Program focuses on improving energy efficiency of Toronto's high-rise Condos & Apt Buildings.
Municipal	Programs and assistance	Services	Better Business Partnership	Listing of Energy Management Firms that have been approved by BBP
Municipal	Programs and assistance	Tower renewal	ERA Architects Graeme Stewart	Toronto Star article on Tower Renewal Project
Municipal	Programs and assistance	Better Buildings Partnership - existing buildings	Better Building Partnership (BBP)	The Existing Buildings Program (BBP-EB) assists building owners improving their buildings through energy efficiency measures. The BBP-EB directs incentives to eligible participants towards the capital cost of initiatives that provide sustainable electricity demand and/or energy reductions in buildings
Municipal	Programs and assistance	Better Buildings Partnership - new building	Better Building Partnership (BBP)	The New Construction Program (BBP-NC) goal is to have new buildings designed and built to be more energy efficient than those designed to only meet the minimum requirements of the Ontario Building Code.
Municipal	Programs and assistance	Incentives and services	Better Building Partnership (BBP)	A summary of energy efficiency programs currently offered by all 3 levels of government and most major stakeholders
Municipal	Programs and assistance	Water conservation	City of Toronto - Water	The City of Toronto's Toilet Replacement Program for multi-unit residential, commercial, industrial and institutional buildings wants you to replace old toilets with water-efficient six-litre toilets. Information on incentives and qualifying products.
Municipal	Programs and assistance	Tower renewal	City of Toronto	An overview of the City of Toronto's multi-faceted Tower Renewal Project, including potential for upgrading energy efficiency of slab towers.
Municipal	Project profiles	Technical	CMHC	Findings from Toronto pilot program to introduce high-efficiency washers in low-income multi-residential housing.
Non-profit or association	Education	Seminars and workshops	Sustainable Buildings Canada	Supporting education on green building practices. SBC has 3 program areas: 1) Sustainable Buildings Breakfasts, 2) Sustainable Design Charrettes and 3) the Green Building Festival. Details on all of these programs are available on the SBC website.
Non-profit or association	Education	Building management	Association of Condominium Managers of Ontario	ACMO provides formal educational programs which, coupled with experience and successful completion of an exam, culminate in the well known Registered Condominium Manager (R.C.M.) designation. Ongoing education is provided through luncheons, seminars, technical bulletins, newsletter and Condominium Manager magazine . In this increasingly complex profession, this education provides ACMO members with a solid foundation for business success.
Non-profit or association	Education	Building management	PM Expo	This annual show facilitates and accelerates the exchange of ideas, best practices, and product knowledge with a combination of educational seminars and exposition for this vital industry. Increasingly Green products and issues have become a significant part of the PM agenda.
Non-profit or association	Education	Green design for building professionals	Eco Design Resource Society	EDRS acts as a resource and forum for discussion on green design. As a non-profit, non-political, professionally-oriented group, it has been instrumental in promoting more environmentally-responsible development practices in B.C.
Non-profit or association	Education	Energy management	Senneca College	Seneca offers courses that focus on energy management, emerging renewable energy technologies and energy efficiency principles.
Non-profit or association	Education	Green real estate	Green Resource Council	Provides real estate professionals with the knowledge and awareness of green building principles applied in residences, commercial properties, developments, and communities so that they can list, market, and manage green properties as well as guide buyers in purchasing green homes and buildings.
Non-profit or association	Education	Building management	Centennial College	Centennial offers several courses that focus on building maintenance and energy management
Non-profit or association	Education	Green real estate	National Association of Realtors	NAR's Green Designation Core Course provides real estate professionals with knowledge and awareness of green building principles applied in residences, commercial properties, developments, and communities so that they can help consumers in purchasing, retrofitting, and operating green properties.
Non-profit or association	Finance	Tools and financial products	Green Building Finance Consortium	The mission of GBFC is to enable the private real estate sector-corporations, investors, lenders, and developers-to appropriately recognize the value and risk of investment in Green Buildings. To accomplish this mission, GBFC will develop the underwriting practices, tools and valuations methodologies required to assess, from a fiduciary perspective, investment or lending on Green buildings, and widely communicate the results of our work.
Non-profit or association	Finance	BOMA Go Green	Green Buildings Foundation	useful technical & financial resources links etc. Of particular interest is a detailed financial report - Making Dollars & Cents Out of Green Buildings provides a comprehensive review of the financial impacts of the BOMA Go Green program.
Non-profit or association	General information	Pollution prevention	Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center (PPRC)	Information on a variety of pollution prevention issues and approaches.
Non-profit or association	International programs and information	Project profiles	Green Building Services	useful technical resources, project profiles of high rise residential projects & links
Non-profit or association	International programs and information	UK Programs	Energy Efficiency Partnership for Homes (UK)	a useful source of information & linkages to what is happening in the UK in the residential sector WRT Energy Efficiency and other EE & green issues
Non-profit or association	International programs and information	Project profiles and reports for UK	Energy Saving Trust (UK)	Resources for business and public sector including publications and case studies
Non-profit or association	International programs and information	Green building standards	World Green Building Council	an international site established to: Provide organizational tools, such as advocacy, facilitation, information, and a non-partisan approach, to help people take action locally, Provide an international forum for market transformation, Acts as the premier voice for global green building initiatives, Accelerates the development of emerging councils and rating systems.
Non-profit or association	Low income	Conference proceedings	Green Communities Canada	Information and proceedings from the "Time for Action" conference: Tackling energy poverty in Canada through energy efficiency
Non-profit or association	Products	Products	Built Green Society of Canada	Built GreenTM Product Catalogue. Only products and services that have been accepted by the Built GreenTM Society of Canada are listed.
Non-profit or association	Programs and assistance	Technical	Ontario Centre for Green Building Design and Development	A green buildings information site presented by the Toronto chapter of the Canada Green Building Council. Profiles, programs, tools and education.
Non-profit or association	Standards and certification	Green building standards	Clean Air Partnership	Green Building Policy and Guidelines Scan - what are the current standards for Green Buildings in the GTA?
Non-profit or association	Standards and certification	Built Green	Built Green Society of Canada	Built GreenTM is an industry driven voluntary program that promotes "green" building practices to reduce the impact that building has on the environment. It recently introduced a program for multi-residential buildings. Program is available in Alberta and British Columbia only.
Non-profit or association	Standards and certification	BOMA BEST	Building Owners and Managers Association	BOMA BESt is a four-level certification program for green buildings. See the links page for other resources.
Non-profit or association	Standards and certification	LEED (U.S.)	US Green Building Council (LEED)	Information on the LEED building certification system. Ratings, Project Certification, Green Building Research & Resources, Project Profiles, Professional Accreditation for new and existing buildings
Non-profit or association	Standards and certification	LEED vs. Green Globes	Carpenters Industrial Council	A Comparison of the LEED and Green Globes Systems in the U.S.
Non-profit or association	Standards and certification	LEED (Canada)	Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC)	the CaGBC website contains considerable technical information & resources on energy efficient building design & performance, financial & market info related to energy efficiency, various templates etc
Non-profit or association	Technical	HVAC	American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers	Information on advanced building design, particularly high-efficiency HVAC.
Non-profit or association	Technical	Geothermal	Canadian Geo-Thermal Association	The Canadian Geothermal Energy Association is a non-profit association encouraging research, exploration and development of high temperature geothermal energy resources in Canada.
Non-profit or association	Technical	Geothermal	Canadian Geo-Exchange Collation	The Canadian GeoExchange Coalition (CGC), Canada's industry association for ground source heat pump technology, offers information and links on geothermal technology and projects.
Non-profit or association	Technical	Lighting	Lighting Design Lab	The Lighting Design Lab works to transform the Northwest lighting market by promoting quality design and energy efficient technologies." The Lab has operated since 1989. The Lab accomplishes our mission through education & training, consultations, technical assistance, and demonstrations.
Non-profit or association	Technical	Technical	U.S. Department of Energy	Information on green building technologies from DOE's Building Technologies Program
Non-profit or association	U.S. -based programs and information	EnergyStar for buildings	Energy Star	This is a large U.S. site that includes information & resources on numerous energy efficiency subject areas including green products, energy efficiency ratings, energy efficiency assessment, retrofit & new build standards & construction details, project profiles etc
Non-profit or association	U.S. -based programs and information	Low income	Green Communities (U.S.)	A large U.S. site focused on low-income housing offers a wide range of energy efficiency information and resources. Included on the website are project profiles, a building database, information on U.S. programs, and various tools - green criteria, carbon calculator, policies, green guidelines & other resources.
Non-profit or association	U.S. -based programs and information	Tools and financial products	Energy Star	Portfolio Manager is an interactive energy management tool that allows you to track and assess energy and water consumption across your entire portfolio of buildings in a secure online environment. Building Upgrade Value Calculator; Cash Flow Opportunity Calculator ; Financial Value Calculator
Non-profit or association	U.S. -based programs and information	General / multi residential	Efficiency Vermont	Design resources and case studies on multi-family projects in Vermont.
Non-profit or association	U.S. -based programs and information	General / multi residential	Arlington Initiative to Reduce Emissions (AIRE)	Information specifically for residents in Condos or Apartments on improving comfort and efficiency
Non-profit or association	U.S. -based programs and information	General / multi residential	New York State Energy Research and Development Authority	Site contains a wide variety of info on energy efficiency subjects and U.S. programs. Geared to a residents, builders and managers.
Non-profit or association	U.S. -based programs and information	Program design	California Best Practices Project Advisory Committee	Best practices in designing energy efficiency programs
Non-profit or association	U.S. -based programs and information	Project profiles	U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development	This section of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) website profiles many energy-efficient projects in public housing throughout the USA
Non-profit or association	U.S. -based programs and information	General / multi residential	Ratcliff the Green Matrix	The site links a wide variety of information on site sustainability, water conservation, energy efficiency, materials resources and indoor environment related to project design.gineers & planners
Non-profit or association	U.S. -based programs and information	Technical	Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CEERE)	Building Energy Efficiency Program is an integral part of energy efficiency section of the Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. CEERE staff has extensive experience in areas of thermal performance of building envelopes and fenestration systems, simulation of energy use in buildings, energy audits, building commissioning and retro-commissioning, among other things. Current areas of research & CEERE activity include: Fenestration, Building Envelope, Building Commissioning & Retro-Commissioning and International Activities & Linkages
Non-profit or association	U.S. -based programs and information	Technical	California Institute for Energy and the Environment	California Institute for Energy and the Environment An innovative University of California partnership of energy agencies, utilities, building industry, non-profits, and research entities designed to advance energy efficiency science and technology for the benefit of California and other energy consumers and the environment. CIEE is a branch of the University of California Energy Institute.
Non-profit or association	U.S. -based programs and information	Technical	Energy Savings Trust	Benefits of small scale combined heat and power systems for multi-residential buildings
Provinces	Programs and assistance	Low income	Social Housing Services Corporation	SHSC website offers energy efficiency education & program information (including bulk purchasing) for social housing organizations in Ontario. The GLOBE Program (Green Light On a Better Environment) is SHSC's main energy efficiency program. Social housing providers and service managers can contact the GLOBE team for advice on conservation.
Provinces	Programs and assistance	British Columbia - tips, workshops and information on advisors	Energy Savings Plan - B.C.	Information on BC programs for multi-residential buildings; also info for low-income programs
Provinces	Standards and certification	Ontario Building Code	Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Housing	Brief report outlines the higher energy efficiency requirements in the 2006 Ontario Building Code
Utility or OPA	Finance	Incentives and services	Ontario Power Authority	Ontario Power Authority - Electricity Retrofit Incentive Program. ERIP focuses on the areas of lighting, motors, heating ventilation and air conditioning and overall electricity systems.
Utility or OPA	Finance	Incentives and services	Ontario Power Authority	Ontario Power Authority - High Performance New Construction Program. Design assistance and attractive financial incentives are available to encourage builders and developers to incorporate high-performance strategies like sustainable building practices and energy-efficient features in their new construction and major renovation projects
Utility or OPA	Multi-res. Energy efficiency	High rise energy efficiency info	Toronto Hydro Corporation	Tips for saving energy in Apts & condos
Utility or OPA	Programs and assistance	Incentives and services	Enbridge Gas	Enbridge Gas offers information and financial support for improved high-rise energy efficiency.
Utility or OPA	Programs and assistance	Services	Toronto Hydro Energy Services Inc	Toronto Hydro Energy Services (TH Energy) provides energy efficiency and conservation solutions for your organization. We will create a complete energy efficiency plan and implement the necessary upgrades to meet your conservation and energy goals. Initiatives can include building and facility upgrades, building integrated renewable energy solutions, asset upgrades and energy conservation.
Utility or OPA	Programs and assistance	Low income	Ontario Power Authority	Information on OPA's 2008 Low Income Housing multi-residential program