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Transportation
October 1, 2025
Article
Powering Canada’s freight future
Strategic public charging infrastructure planning is key to cleaner, cheaper and more competitive trucking

Buildings
October 1, 2025
Article
From Efficiency to Empowerment
Building on demand-side management to unlock the full value of distributed energy resources

Buildings
September 25, 2025
Article
Champions bring success
The transformation of Tennyson Apartments proves that deep retrofits are good business in Alberta

Remote Communities
September 16, 2025
Op-ed
Local progress on energy, Arctic security must survive federal cuts
If federal programming is stripped down, remote communities will be limited in their pathways to achieve energy security.

Buildings
September 12, 2025
Article
Building jobs in Alberta
Ending boom-bust cycles in the retrofit industry to strengthen local economies

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Electricity
September 11, 2025
Article
Optimizing the municipal support process for Ontario's energy projects
Municipalities share potential improvements for Ontario’s future energy procurements
Transportation
August 20, 2025
Article
Six ways to pedal cargo e-bikes forward in Calgary
How city policies and business action can improve urban delivery efficiency

Equitable Transition
August 19, 2025
Article
The missing link in Canada’s nation-building plan
Without investment in training capacity, our national ambition will fall short


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

Electricity
August 12, 2025
Article
Saskatchewan is going in the wrong direction on coal
A focus on coal-fired power will only delay the province from doing what is necessary to build a modern, efficient, low-cost electricity grid
