Kelly Ashcroft

LC3 Case Studies Context Quebec recently passed legislation and regulatory plans to accelerate school bus electrification by March 2024, with goal to replace 65% of Quebec’s school bus fleet by 2030. Considering Quebec’s school bus…

LC3 Case Study Setting the Stage In Nova Scotia, climate action and commitments are strong at both the provincial level and at municipal orders of government. Halifax’s climate plan, HalifACT: Acting on Climate Together is…

LC3 Case Studies Context In 2021-22 TAF continued its support to municipalities in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) to set Green Building Standards to ensure new construction is socially, economically and environmentally responsible.…

LC3 Case Studies Context The City of Vancouver’s 2016 Zero Emissions Building Plan plotted a path to make almost all new buildings in Vancouver zero-emissions buildings by 2030. Part of the plan included supporting the…

LC3 Case Studies Ottawa has committed to an ambitious goal: 90 per cent of all new passenger vehicles purchased in the city being EV by 2030, and growing that to 100 per cent by 2040.…

LC3 Case studies Context The building stock accounts for 40-60% of greenhouse gas emissions in Edmonton and Calgary. In order to achieve meaningful emissions reductions and address our current climate crisis, we need to address…

A mid-sized white produce truck idles in the streets of Vancouver. Its contents, destined for delivery in grocery stores tomorrow in Calgary, will soon begin to rot, but the highway out of the city has…