Research & Analysis

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Year

2010-2023

Customer Energy

Pembina report highlights how demand-side management reduces peak demand and lowers electricity costs

New Pembina program launched to scale demand-side solutions across Canada

Demand as a Utility Resource

Buildings, Customer Energy

Demand as a Utility Resource

Legislative and implementation pathways to demand-side management

Solar panels and wind turbines facing the sunset

Customer Energy

The clean energy transition needs a rulebook

Changing the rules to help the grid work better

AI data centre corridor with server racks on both sides

Customer Energy

The data centre energy debate is missing half the story

How much power data centres need is half the story. How they use electricity matters just as much.

Person installing rooftop solar panels at sunset

Buildings can be a demand-side driver for Canada’s National Electricity Strategy

A nation-building opportunity for economic growth, affordability and climate action

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Buildings, Customer Energy

Historic Power Smart 2.0 plan a practical step towards affordable electricity investment in B.C.

Success depends on delivering savings at the scale needed for an affordable, reliable and fully electrified future

electricity transmission in rainy valley on vancouver island bc

Buildings, Electricity, Transportation

In this uncertain time, is B.C. putting our best tool - CleanBC - back on the shelf?

CleanBC was once viewed as a shining example of climate and economic planning, but there's been no formal response to an independent review report and no real climate measures in the 2026 budget

Portrait of Jessica McIlroy

Primer page 1

Exploring prefabricated retrofits for occupied suites

How prefabrication streamlines construction, shortens in‑suite time, and improves the overall occupant experience

Townhouses under construction Ontario

Ontario’s development changes could risk energy affordability and economic opportunity

Bill 98 could raise energy costs and weaken local economic outcomes

Man installing thermal roof insulation

The untapped value of retrofit investments

Why better buildings create benefits across health, insurance, energy and housing – and why our markets should start recognizing it

Time-varying rates in Alberta report cover

Buildings, Customer Energy

February 13, 2026

Getting Time-Varying Rates Right in Alberta

Why DSM must come before price signals

Roofer builder worker with crane installing structural insulated panels

February 10, 2026

Retrofit investments are nation‑building

Why long‑term retrofit planning belongs in Build Canada Homes

Cover of Building One Canadian Economy report

Buildings, Customer Energy, Sustainable Workforce

December 12, 2025

Building One Canadian Economy

Accelerating adoption of lower-carbon concrete in Ontario and Alberta

Ceileigh McAllister

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