Welcome to Retrofits Now
Gain more clarity and confidence about your next deep retrofit.
New report
Explore the barriers and potential solutions to accelerate deep retrofits now.
About RETROFITS NOW
Here to give deep retrofit planning a boost
Welcome to Retrofits Now, a one-stop industry resource created by the Canada Green Building Council (CAGBC), with support from The Purpose Retrofit Accelerator. Retrofits Now helps real estate owners, asset managers, and investors gain more clarity and confidence about deep retrofits for their assets and portfolios.
From energy efficiencies and cost savings to carbon reductions, learn how building retrofits can be accomplished while delivering true business value, with real world examples from Purpose Building, a leader in retrofit planning and implementation.
Visit us for a growing collection of project case studies as well as critical information about the latest financing options, emerging technologies and research based on expert insights and analysis.
Who’s involved
Developed by industry leaders
Retrofits Now features content developed by both Purpose Building and CAGBC to support and accelerate deep carbon retrofits.
We draw from Purpose Building’s success working with real estate owners and developers to inspire confidence and motivate action that delivers planet positive outcomes, and leverage CAGBC’s 20 years of experience shaping green building policy and standards in Canada – including the development of the Zero Carbon Building Standards.
News and insights
New report available now
Understand Canada’s retrofit market with Rapidly Scaling Canada’s Deep Retrofit Market: Stakeholder Insights into Barriers and Opportunities, a new report from CAGBC.
Based on interviews with building owners from across the country, this report offers insights into what’s helping and what’s getting in the way of deep retrofits and zero carbon transition planning. These findings will help inform the development of tools to help accelerate deep retrofits across Canada.
New resource for deep retrofit planning
Get started in your retrofit journey today with the Purpose Decarbonization Screening Tool. With minimal building-specific information, the tool can help you quickly assess the decarbonization readiness of your building or portfolio. By ranking the potential GHG reduction impact and urgency of your buildings, you can prioritize decarbonization opportunities and make better-informed investment decisions.
New whitepaper for warehouses
Purpose building will be publishing asset-focused whitepapers to help distill insights from real-world Purpose Retrofit Accelerator projects. The first, Carbon Retrofits for Canadian Warehouse – Futureproofing Your Portfolio is available now. As a growing real estate asset class, warehouses faces rapidly changing investor expectations and tenant demands – as well as increasing potential for carbon regulation. This whitepaper will help owners and asset managers start down the path to reduce emissions before risking long-term value erosion.
Stay up to date
Stay on track of your energy and carbon reduction commitments with critical information that gives you the clarity and confidence you need to plan and deliver deep retrofits.
WHO’S INVOLVED?
Funding acknowledgement
Retrofits Now is an initiative of CAGBC, drawing on insights and learnings from The Purpose Retrofit Accelerator: Canada’s Private Sector Retrofit Accelerator. Led by Purpose Building, this multi-year project supports the scaling up of Canada’s deep retrofit market by providing practical insights, tools and support for transition planning.
Funding for the program is provided by the Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) Deep Retrofit Accelerator Initiative.
