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Green Budget Coalition 2025 cover
Buildings, Electricity, Equitable Transition, Oil & Gas, Remote Communities, Transportation
September 18, 2025
Publication

Green Budget Coalition 2025

Recommendations for Budget 2025 and Budget 2026
Portrait of Jessica McIlroy Gurprasad Gurumurthy Adam Thorn Portrait of Janetta McKenzie Portrait of Megan Gordon
Buildings
September 14, 2025
Media Release

Build Canada Homes signals urgency — affordable and low carbon construction must follow

Pre-fab modular homes need to be affordable, low carbon, resilient, and affordable to heat and cool
Staff no photo
Man installing thermal roof insulation layer
Buildings
September 12, 2025
Article

Building jobs in Alberta

Ending boom-bust cycles in the retrofit industry to strengthen local economies
Ceileigh McAllister Kari Hyde
Buildings, Carbon Removal, Electricity, Equitable Transition, Oil & Gas, Remote Communities, Transportation
September 11, 2025
Media Release

First batch of major projects steps toward resilient, diversified Canadian economy

Future projects must be ‘climate competitive,’ accompanied by policies to leverage private clean growth investment
Portrait of Chris Severson-Baker
HICC recommendation for Build Canada Homes
Buildings
August 29, 2025
Publication

Pembina Institute Comments on the HICC Market Sounding Guide for Build Canada Homes

Recommendations on the Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC) market sounding guide for the new Build Canada Homes entity
Portrait of Jessica McIlroy
Cover of long-term nation-building
Buildings, Electricity, Equitable Transition, Oil & Gas, Remote Communities, Transportation
August 28, 2025
Publication

Long-term nation-building via clean growth and Indigenous leadership

Canada’s prosperity hinges on leveraging our strengths as a clean energy superpower
Portrait of Chris Severson-Baker Portrait of Jessica McIlroy
Urban sprawl in Downtown Calgary, Alberta in springtime
Buildings
August 19, 2025
Article

Alberta faces retrofit roadblocks

Most of the province’s 2050 building stock is already built — but systemic barriers are stalling the critical work of making them livable and resilient
Kari Hyde
Cover of Property Assessed Clean Energy Legislation
Buildings
August 18, 2025
Publication

Property Assessed Clean Energy Legislation

Briefing note to B.C. Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions
Portrait of Jessica McIlroy
Electrician installing a heat pump in a garden on a sunny day
Buildings
August 11, 2025
Article

Meeting this moment means getting retrofits right

Let’s seize this generational opportunity to design retrofit initiatives to support homeowners and contractors
Portrait of Raidin Blue Portrait of Sarah Snowdon
Calgary downtown buildings
Buildings
July 22, 2025
Op-ed

The nation-building initiative of retrofitting Canada's buildings

Simply speeding up approvals for a few infrastructure projects does not build us a new Canada.
Portrait of Chris Severson-Baker Portrait of Monica Curtis
Buildings, Electricity, Equitable Transition, Oil & Gas, Remote Communities, Transportation
July 22, 2025
Media Release

CleanBC key to resilient economy, reducing emissions, making life more affordable in B.C.

Expanding clean electricity is biggest opportunity for economy, energy security, climate
CleanBC review: submission cover
Buildings, Equitable Transition, Oil & Gas, Remote Communities, Transportation
July 21, 2025
Publication

B.C.’s climate future

Pembina Institute recommendations
Portrait of Jessica McIlroy
Buildings
July 16, 2025
Media Release

A call for smarter, fairer electricity distribution

Albertans deserve the power to make energy choices that reduce costs and support a cleaner, more reliable future
Kari Hyde
Buildings
June 24, 2025
Op-ed

Canadian competitiveness is on the line

As Canada’s new government looks to expand trade beyond the United States, carbon must stay top of mind.
Kari Hyde
Bill C-5 Policy Brief
Buildings, Electricity, Equitable Transition, Oil & Gas, Remote Communities, Transportation
June 19, 2025
Publication

Set the bar high: in time of crisis, we need excellence

Bill C-5 Policy Brief
Portrait of Chris Severson-Baker