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If you have other examples that can complement this list or have suggestions for new categories, please send them to greentech@toronto.ca Deep Earth Energy District Energy Zero Carbon Solutions Energy Storage – Thermal Heat Exchange & Heat Recovery Hydrogen Usage (Thermal) Mass Energy Flows Renewable Electrical Generation in Communities Solar Thermal Technologies Building Heating – … Continue reading Resource List on Zero Carbon Solutions for Community Thermal Energy Needs

On December 2nd, the Minister of Environment & Climate Change, Jonathan Wilkinson, announced that the World Circular Economy Forum will be held in Toronto from September 29th to October 2nd, 2020. The announcement kicked off the first day of the Finnish Circular Economy Forum and the opening of Business Finland’s Toronto office.  It is anticipated … Continue reading World Circular Economy Forum in Toronto Announced

To learn how Toronto can support our green industry sectors better, part of the City’s delegation to the C40 Global Mayors Summit first traveled to Torino in north-western Italy where they visited Torino’s Environment Park.   The Environment Park is a green sector focused Business Park. Business Parks (also often referred to as industry or … Continue reading A Green Industries Business Park in Italy

Toronto is facing a growing range of environmental challenges, including a climate emergency and the associated resiliency challenges, aging and/or overloaded infrastructure and the need to reduce our impact on the planet overall. These challenges will be addressed by working with solution providers in the private sector and the associated cluster value chain of academia, … Continue reading Perceptions on Drivers to Growth by Toronto’s Green Industry Sectors

The C40 is a global organization of over 80 city governments committed to reducing carbon emissions.  From October 9th to 12th the mayors meet in Copenhagen to discuss best practices and ways to collaborate on initiative to battle climate change.  Mayor John Tory led a delegation of 3 Councillors (Deputy Mayor Thompson, Councillor Layton, and Councillor … Continue reading Toronto’s Green Industries Mission Attends the C40 Mayor’s Summit in Copenhagen

To better understand the priorities and key economic growth drivers for Toronto’s green industries, the Sector Development Office at the City is undertaking a comprehensive survey of green sector companies and organizations in the Toronto region. The survey is now live and will stay open until October 20th. It takes about 15 minutes and can … Continue reading Green Industries Survey Now Live!

The Sector Development Office has just completed a geospatial analysis of Toronto’s green clusters and a report on the analysis will be released later this year.  The analysis of nearly 400 green companies and organizations shows that Toronto’s green industries are mainly located downtown within wards 10, 11 and 12, accounting for more than 40% … Continue reading Location of Green Companies in Toronto

In our analysis of the Green Sector, we have found that there is a significant difference in company sizes between the different clusters. While the data is not precise (we used 2017 employment data and a 2019 count of companies), it indicates that the average size of organizations varies over 2,000% between clusters. Companies in … Continue reading Quantifying the Green Sector: Employment in Companies

When conducting an analysis of the Toronto water cluster, the Sector Development Office found many water infrastructure related construction firms in clusters in the north end of the city – particularly in Etobicoke where 25 firms were found. Delivering water services is one of the biggest challenges faced by municipalities globally today according to the Trade … Continue reading A Toronto Green Strength: Building Water Infrastructure

An online consultation of the green industries in Toronto was carried out in March to May of this year, with 164 participants completing the survey of open ended questions.  The Summary Report and Survey Responses are available online now. The results of the consultations outlined the key issues that the green sector in Toronto feels … Continue reading Toronto Releases Results of the Green Industries Consultations