Geared for Change: Energy Efficiency in Canada’s Commercial Building Sector

For Canada to meet its long-term emission reduction targets, every sector of the economy must do its share. Commercial buildings use 14% of our end-use energy and that they are responsible for close to 13 % of Canada’s greenhouse gases – including electricity-related emissions – cutting down energy use in these buildings makes sense from environmental and economic perspectives.

This study provides, for the first time, a detailed analysis that will help governments make the right policy choices enabling the commercial building sector to deploy the technologies necessary to achieve substantial energy efficiency gains and make a real contribution to Canada’s climate policy goals.